acpi command line client in core?

[Richard Hughes]

On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 17:05 +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > Things like hal / gnome-power-manager right now works well for the core
> > distribution (some day we'll even get rid of acpid) so I'm not sure why
> > acpitool (which admittedly may be useful for admins / expert users with
> > special needs) can't stay in Fedora Extras?
> 
> It can stay in Extras, it is just a proposition. But it may be interesting 
> to have a command line acpi client, even for non-experts, but for those 
> who have a basic use of the command line. Using an abstraction layer with 
> hal seems better, but is there a command line interface to that abstraction
> layer?

Depends what you want to do. With a few lines of python you can listen
for events for the battery, and ac_adapter, as well as set the
brightness of your LCD panel.

Or you can install gnome power manager and have all this done for you,
so it "just works" -- or it it unsuitable for your needs?

Richard

(g-p-m author..)