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I wanted to know if there is a way to set the power settings for devices such as the USB ports. I use the port to charge various devices like my phone and mp3 player. but when the computer goes to sleep the ports get turned off. I would like them to stay on so that i don't have to sit by the computer while the devices are charging.
The only way to do that is modify a USB driver so it ignores the low power state command. There is a surprising amount of data on the web about hacking USB drivers for Linux, might be a fun project. The other option is to simply set your PC not to goto sleep.
System-->Preferences-->Power Management
If you are worried about access to your PC, enable locking of the desktop when the screen saver comes on.
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Another easier option is to get an AC-USB adapter.
Here are some examples.
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Well i have an AC charger for my blackberry, but i don't have a charger for my mp3 player. i was hoping that since they are both USB devices then the charger would be the same but i don't want to try just to find out. I was hoping that there was something along the line of what you find in XP where you can set any device not to turn off during power saving.
If the power plug to your portable devices is USB, then you can swap adapters. Otherwise I would not exchange AC adapters from one device to another unless you are certain they have the same voltage and power demands.
I found this interesting bit for you on manually controlling the ACPI on USB devices. Check out the full web site here.
It looks pretty straight forward so give it a go and let me know if it works.Code:105 The user interface for dynamic PM
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107
108 The user interface for controlling dynamic PM is located in the power/
109 subdirectory of each USB device's sysfs directory, that is, in
110 /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/ where "..." is the device's ID. The
111 relevant attribute files are: wakeup, level, and autosuspend.
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113 power/wakeup
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115 This file is empty if the device does not support
116 remote wakeup. Otherwise the file contains either the
117 word "enabled" or the word "disabled", and you can
118 write those words to the file. The setting determines
119 whether or not remote wakeup will be enabled when the
120 device is next suspended. (If the setting is changed
121 while the device is suspended, the change won't take
122 effect until the following suspend.)
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124 power/level
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126 This file contains one of three words: "on", "auto",
127 or "suspend". You can write those words to the file
128 to change the device's setting.
129
130 "on" means that the device should be resumed and
131 autosuspend is not allowed. (Of course, system
132 suspends are still allowed.)
133
134 "auto" is the normal state in which the kernel is
135 allowed to autosuspend and autoresume the device.
136
137 "suspend" means that the device should remain
138 suspended, and autoresume is not allowed. (But remote
139 wakeup may still be allowed, since it is controlled
140 separately by the power/wakeup attribute.)
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142 power/autosuspend
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144 This file contains an integer value, which is the
145 number of seconds the device should remain idle before
146 the kernel will autosuspend it (the idle-delay time).
147 The default is 2. 0 means to autosuspend as soon as
148 the device becomes idle, and -1 means never to
149 autosuspend. You can write a number to the file to
150 change the autosuspend idle-delay time.
151
152 Writing "-1" to power/autosuspend and writing "on" to power/level do
153 essentially the same thing -- they both prevent the device from being
154 autosuspended. Yes, this is a redundancy in the API.
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uuuummmm how do i know what each port's device ID is? i guess i will have to use trial and error to figure it out.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BDNiner
orCode:lsusb
That's how. ;-)Code:lspci
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ok, i knew that much, i guess i have to plug a device into each port and then run lsusb to see which physical port is assigned which device ID. i will try that out when i get back home.
Hi,
I don't know if any body still looks at those posts but I am interested in the answer for ubuntu 11.04..
So far I've seen and read:
But no luck on this new ubuntu version
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ff-usb-509328/
http://www.ehow.com/how_7536984_conf...sb-ubuntu.html
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/mis...-usb-port.html
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...y-time-514863/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=327138
Any help would be appreciated, thanks alot!
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Originally Posted by gefthebest
SAME HERE! I use my laptop to charge my phone and other devices, and I would like to left powered an USB port when suspended, better so if possible when laptop is turn off, like a PC