#!/bin/sh # /etc/acpid/ac.sh # Detect loss of AC power and regaining of AC power, and take action # appropriatly. # On my laptop anyway, this script doesn't not get different parameters for # loss of power and regained power. So, I have to use a separate program to # tell what the adapter status is. # This uses the spicctrl program for probing the sonypi device. BACKLIGHT=$(spicctrl -B) if on_ac_power; then # Now on AC power. # Tell longrun to go crazy. longrun -f performance longrun -s 0 100 # Turn up the backlight unless it's up far enough. if [ "$BACKLIGHT" -lt 108 ]; then spicctrl -b 108 fi else # Now off AC power. # Tell longrun to be a miser. longrun -f economy longrun -s 0 50 # adjust to suite.. # Don't allow the screen to be too bright, but don't turn the # backlight _up_ on removal, and don't turn it all the way down, as # that is unusable on my laptop in most conditions. Adjust to # taste. if [ "$BACKLIGHT" -gt 68 ]; then spicctrl -b 68 fi fi