I created a GUI to change laptop-mode settings

[lokster]

Hi everybody!
This is one of my first attempts in writing GTK application in C (I am still new to the linux programming), but I think the result is very good.
I created a GUI to set up most of the settings found in /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf and /etc/default/acpi-support

Screenshots:




You need administrative privileges to change the settings.
When you apply the new settings, a backups of the two files are made, in /root/.laptop-mode-setup/. You can restore these backups later, from the small "undo" buttons on the two tabs.

The button "Apply" saves the settings and runs /etc/init.d/laptop-mode restart

You can get the package from laptop-mode-setup-0.1.deb (22 KB). It is compiled under Ubuntu 8.10, but should work on others too.

You can get the source from laptop-mode-setup-0.1.tar.gz (39 KB)

You will need Code::Blocks IDE to compile it (sorry - no Makefile - it's still too painful to me, and I don't like using the console, if I can do the same thing from GUI )

Good luck!

[sergiom99]

seems nice, thanks dude!

[lokster]

bump

[hardyn]

I was actully thinking about doing the exact same thing... hehe...

maybe you should see about inclusion into the offical repos?

[kabaiz]

Yes, you should Nice idea

[PaulHomer]

Wow, I just wanted to thank you for this, it enabled a relative newbie like myself to set up laptop mode tools in a matter of seconds. It should definitely be included in the official repository.

Thank You