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diff --git a/docs/misc/index.html b/docs/misc/index.html index a4e0abab..3bda2e71 100644 --- a/docs/misc/index.html +++ b/docs/misc/index.html @@ -19,12 +19,7 @@ Or <a href="../index.html">Back to main index</a>. </p> <ul> - <li><a href="#high_pitch_trisquel">High Pitched Whining Noise on Idle (how to remove in Trisquel)</a> - <ul> - <li><a href="#howtouse_powertop">Powertop - how to use</a></li> - <li><a href="#powertop_autostart">Powertop - Start automatically at boot time</a></li> - </ul> - </li> + <li><a href="#trisquel7_powertop">High Pitched Whining Noise on Idle (how to remove in Trisquel 7)</a></li> <li><a href="#high_pitch_parabola">High Pitched Whining Noise on Idle (how to remove in Parabola)</a></li> <li><a href="#serial">X60/T60: Serial port - how to use (for dock owners)</a></li> <li><a href="patch.html">Using diff and patch</a></li> @@ -34,33 +29,19 @@ <div class="section"> - <h1 id="high_pitch_trisquel">High Pitched Whining Noise on Idle (how to remove in Trisquel)</h1> + <h1 id="trisquel7_powertop">High Pitched Whining Noise on Idle (how to remove in Trisquel)</h1> <p> - Tested in Trisquel 6 and 7. + Tested in Trisquel 7. </p> <div class="subsection"> - <h2 id="howtouse_powertop">Powertop - how to use</h2> + <h2 id="trisquel7_powertop_autostart">Powertop - Start automatically at boot time (Trisquel 7)</h2> - <p>Now you can use this command to kill that noise:<br/> - <b>$ sudo powertop --auto-tune</b></p> - - <p>You can also run it without parameters and then go into 'Tunables' and set everything to 'Good'</p> - - <p>Note: On Trisquel 6, you will need to use a later powertop version from git. The one in the repositories is too old. See below:</p> - </div> - - <div class="subsection"> - <h2 id="powertop_autostart">Powertop - Start automatically at boot time (Trisquel 6)</h2> - - <p>Included with libreboot is a script called 'powertop.trisquel6'. Run this and it will setup powertop to run with --auto-tune + <p>Included with libreboot is a script called 'powertop.trisquel7'. Run this as root and it will setup powertop to run with --auto-tune at boot time. Load the file in your text editor to see how it does that.</p> - <p><b>$ ./powertop.trisquel6</b></p> - - <p>For Trisquel 7 users:</p> - <p><b>$ ./powertop.trisquel7</b></p> + <p>$ <b>sudo ./powertop.trisquel7</b></p> </div> <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p> diff --git a/powertop.trisquel6 b/powertop.trisquel6 deleted file mode 100755 index 6388385c..00000000 --- a/powertop.trisquel6 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/bash - -# powertop.trisquel6: automatically sets up powertop --auto-tune on startup in trisquel 6 -# -# Copyright (C) 2014 Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> -# -# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify -# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or -# (at your option) any later version. -# -# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, -# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the -# GNU General Public License for more details. -# -# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. -# - -set -u -e -v - -if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then - echo "This script must be run as root" - exit 1 -fi - -# For Trisquel 6.0 (and 6.0.1) users. - -# powertop on Trisquel 6 is out of date. We will get it from git. -# We are using a specific git revision (one that I have tested) - -# Delete the one that is already installed from repo's (if it is installed) -apt-get -y purge powertop - -# Install dependencies: -apt-get -y install libpci-dev libncurses-dev libnl-dev build-essential git autoconf2.13 libtool autotools-dev autopoint pkg-config - -# remove previous git clone if it exists: -rm -rf powertop - -# Download from git -git clone https://github.com/fenrus75/powertop.git - -cd powertop/ - -# Revert to specific commit (from when powertop was last tested): -git reset --hard e70c89eb5d7b6b8f898bb126adefcbf3202d5acf - -# build it -./autogen.sh -./configure -make - -# install it -make install - -# Remove startup symlink if it exists -update-rc.d powertop remove -# Remove previous file if it exists -rm -rf /etc/init.d/powertop - -# write the correct commands there: -cp ../powertop.trisquel6.init /etc/init.d/powertop - -# make it executable: -chmod +x /etc/init.d/powertop - -# Add the service to make it run automatically at boot time: -update-rc.d powertop defaults - -# Run powertop now and tell the user -powertop --auto-tune -echo "Done. Run 'powertop --auto-tune' now. This will also run automatically at boot time. Run it again at any time, if needed. This has also been done for you just now." - -# Come out of powertop directory (we are done) -cd ../ diff --git a/powertop.trisquel6.init b/powertop.trisquel6.init deleted file mode 100755 index 50d35b5f..00000000 --- a/powertop.trisquel6.init +++ /dev/null @@ -1,23 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/sh - -# powertop.trisquel6.init: the powertop.trisquel6 setup script puts this script in /etc/init.d in Trisquel 6 -# -# Copyright (C) 2014 Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> -# -# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify -# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or -# (at your option) any later version. -# -# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, -# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the -# GNU General Public License for more details. -# -# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. -# - -/usr/local/sbin/powertop --auto-tune -echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/usb/devices/4-2/power/control'; -echo 'auto' > '/sys/bus/usb/devices/4-1/power/control'; |