User configuable power settings

[don@robertson.net.nz]

Greetings,

Is there any way to get user configurable power settings in the latest KDE update? The KDE site says taking this away is a 'feature' and expect me to switch activities before I look at photos or watch a video. I have a hard enough time keeping track of which application is on which virtual desktop without having to try to remember which activity I was in when I opened something.

The KDE team seem to be determined to make me use activities. I have yet to find a need for them until now.

Don

[claydoh]

What sort of settings are you looking to change?

And, no you don't need to use activities, how are you being forced?

[blackpaw]

You used to be able to setup multiple power profiles and switch between them as needed. Most of the time I would run on power saving but if I was doign a long compile or slow update I'd swicth to a no sleep mode or speed profile. Now there is only one global profile unless you use activities which can have their own powe rprofiles.

Which is useless for me - they are only active when the Activity is running and focused, If I'm running back ground process I don't want interrupted I don't want to have to stay in its activity.

[claydoh]

Ahh yes, it has been about 2 years since powerdevil moved to its current form, I believe. The Activity feature was only recently added. As for cpu scaling, that has long since moved into and is controlled by the kernel. Powerdevil is modular an plugin-based, but it looks like no one has felt the need or urge to write something to do these things you are looking for

[Chris Musampa]

Ahh yes, it has been about 2 years since powerdevil moved to its current form, I believe. The Activity feature was only recently added. As for cpu scaling, that has long since moved into and is controlled by the kernel. Powerdevil is modular an plugin-based, but it looks like no one has felt the need or urge to write something to do these things you are looking for

http://drfav.wordpress.com/2011/10/0...nd-its-future/
Sounds more like a conscious decision rather than a lack of effort/resources, poor show IMO.

[don@robertson.net.nz]

Actually - they took the time to remove this. Before the latest update (a few days ago - not two years), you could add your own power profile and switch to it. Now you cannot - you need to make an activity, change the behaviour, then switch to that.

[Chris Musampa]

Actually - they took the time to remove this. Before the latest update (a few days ago - not two years), you could add your own power profile and switch to it. Now you cannot - you need to make an activity, change the behaviour, then switch to that.

Yeah, as someone who doesn't use activities that sounds like a lot more hassle than just clicking on the battery icon and selecting a profile.

I'm still on 11.10 (with no PPAs added) but I intend installing 12.04 sometime soon, will I end up with this latest version of kde at some point if I stay with the stock repos for the life of 12.04?

[bra|10n]

Greetings,

Is there any way to get user configurable power settings in the latest KDE update? The KDE site says taking this away is a 'feature' and expect me to switch activities before I look at photos or watch a video. I have a hard enough time keeping track of which application is on which virtual desktop without having to try to remember which activity I was in when I opened something.

The KDE team seem to be determined to make me use activities. I have yet to find a need for them until now.

Don

Is it possible to write a script to do this, and have it execute with profile load or unload,



Or just the script with a toggle on/off button/icon that sits in the tray maybe?