Laptop Specific Utilities

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[edit] Tools

[edit] laptop-mode-tools

app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools.

[edit] Helper Scripts

These are examples of scripts that can be used from sys-power/acpid or sys-power/powersave.

[edit] Eject CDROM

File: eject_cdrom.sh
#/bin/bash
/usr/bin/eject /dev/cdrom1

[edit] Turn off display

The following script requires x11-apps/xset.

File: turn_off_display.sh
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/xset -display :1.0 dpms force off

[edit] Toggle synaptics touchpad

The following script requires Synaptics Touchpad be configured properly (with SHMConfig turned on in xorg.conf).

File: toggle_touchpad.sh
#/bin/bash
if(synclient -l | grep -e "TouchpadOff" | grep -e "0" > /dev/null) ; then
	synclient TouchpadOff=1
else
	synclient TouchpadOff=0
fi
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