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What do the power management tools in Linux do? (acpi, pm-utils, etc...)

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I am really really confused about the power management tools available for Linux: I have Arch Linux with XFCE on my laptop. The guides on the the Arch Linux wiki list to manage power, suspension, disks and CPU, WiFi, etc. But I can't understand what the relationships between them are. Apparently th…

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acpi is just a small program that displays basic ACPI information. acpid is a daemon that handles ACPI events - mostly power button, lid, battery and related stuff. For example, if the power button was pressed, acpid runs . When AC power is connecte…

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