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Packages: Slackware

A SlackBuild (out of which a package is usually built) is available at
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.1/system/laptop-mode-tools/. It is maintained by V'yacheslav Stetskevych. The tool "sbopkg" (http://sbopkg.org) is usually used to semi-automate installation from slackbuilds.org.

(If the SlackBuild does not work for you, you may try the following older instructions to install Laptop Mode Tools:

  1. Download and install the most recent .tar.gz package.
  2. Add a line 
    /etc/rc.d/init.d/laptop-mode restart

    to your rc.local.

Note that the line is "restart" instead of "start" because Slackware doesn't completely clear /var/run on bootup. The "restart" is needed to make laptop mode tools initialize itself correctly on bootup.)