Difference between revisions of "Tools"
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− | + | Information on Tools helping you to get along with your Thinkpad. | |
− | + | ==Input== | |
− | == | ||
*[[tpb]] <tt>(Thinkpad buttons)</tt> | *[[tpb]] <tt>(Thinkpad buttons)</tt> | ||
− | *[http://rsim.cs.uiuc.edu/~sachs/tp-scroll/ tp-scroll] <tt>( | + | *[http://rsim.cs.uiuc.edu/~sachs/tp-scroll/ tp-scroll] <tt>(Use trackpoint and middle button to scroll vertically. You may also use the built-in EmulateWheel option in both XFree86 and XOrg.)</tt> |
− | *[http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/configure-trackpoint.html configure-trackpoint] <tt>(GUI TrackPoint | + | *[http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/configure-trackpoint.html configure-trackpoint] <tt>(GUI TrackPoint configuration tool for the TrackPoint driver for 2.6 linux kernel)</tt> |
− | *[http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~strauman/pers/tp4utils/ Linux Trackpoint Utilities] <tt>( | + | *[http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~strauman/pers/tp4utils/ Linux Trackpoint Utilities] <tt>(An earlier trackpoint configuration tool)</tt> |
− | == | + | ==Graphics== |
− | *[[radeontool]] <tt>(Tool | + | *[[radeontool]] <tt>(Tool for enabling/disabling background light and external video)</tt> |
− | *[[atitvout]] <tt>(Tool | + | *[[atitvout]] <tt>(Tool to control TV out)</tt> |
− | *[[rovclock]] <tt>(Tool | + | *[[rovclock]] <tt>(Tool to under/overclock Radeon cards)</tt> |
− | *[[s3switch]] <tt>(Tool | + | *[[s3switch]] <tt>(Tool to change the output devices and format for Savage cards)</tt> |
==Power Management== | ==Power Management== | ||
− | *[[apmd]] <tt>(APM | + | *[[apmd]] <tt>(APM event daemon and tools)</tt> |
− | *[[SMAPI support for Linux#Using the thinkpad module|tpctl and configure-thinkpad]] <tt>(ThinkPad | + | *[[SMAPI support for Linux#Using the thinkpad module|tpctl and configure-thinkpad]] <tt>(ThinkPad configuration programs that are compatible with APM)</tt> |
*[[acpid]] <tt>(ACPI event daemon)</tt> | *[[acpid]] <tt>(ACPI event daemon)</tt> | ||
− | *[http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpitool/ acpitool]<tt> ( | + | *[http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpitool/ acpitool]<tt> (displays acpi information and can be used to set sleep mode)</tt> |
− | *[[tphdisk]] <tt>(Tool | + | *[[tphdisk]] <tt>(Tool to create a hibernation file, an alternative to the [[Software Suspend 2]] kernel patch)</tt> |
− | *[[laptop-mode-tools]] <tt>(laptop-mode | + | *[[laptop-mode-tools]] <tt>(laptop-mode configuration scripts)</tt> |
− | *[[KThinkBat]] <tt>( | + | *[[KThinkBat]] <tt>(KDE-Kicker applet to show the battery fuel state)</tt> |
− | == | + | ==Networking== |
− | *[[ifplugd]] <tt>(Daemon | + | *[[ifplugd]] <tt>(Daemon to reconfigure your network settings on cable (un)plugging)</tt> |
− | *[[waproamd]] <tt>(Daemon | + | *[[waproamd]] <tt>(Daemon for Wireless roaming with automatic WEP key handling)</tt> |
− | *[[Wpa_supplicant]] <tt>(waproamd's successor, | + | *[[Wpa_supplicant]] <tt>(waproamd's successor, can handle WPA)</tt> |
− | *[[ifmetric]] <tt>(Tool | + | *[[ifmetric]] <tt>(Tool to help set different route metrics for WLAN/cable connections, to be used in conjunction with ifplugd and waproamd)</tt> |
Revision as of 01:27, 22 December 2005
Information on Tools helping you to get along with your Thinkpad.
Contents
Input
- tpb (Thinkpad buttons)
- tp-scroll (Use trackpoint and middle button to scroll vertically. You may also use the built-in EmulateWheel option in both XFree86 and XOrg.)
- configure-trackpoint (GUI TrackPoint configuration tool for the TrackPoint driver for 2.6 linux kernel)
- Linux Trackpoint Utilities (An earlier trackpoint configuration tool)
Graphics
- radeontool (Tool for enabling/disabling background light and external video)
- atitvout (Tool to control TV out)
- rovclock (Tool to under/overclock Radeon cards)
- s3switch (Tool to change the output devices and format for Savage cards)
Power Management
- apmd (APM event daemon and tools)
- tpctl and configure-thinkpad (ThinkPad configuration programs that are compatible with APM)
- acpid (ACPI event daemon)
- acpitool (displays acpi information and can be used to set sleep mode)
- tphdisk (Tool to create a hibernation file, an alternative to the Software Suspend 2 kernel patch)
- laptop-mode-tools (laptop-mode configuration scripts)
- KThinkBat (KDE-Kicker applet to show the battery fuel state)
Networking
- ifplugd (Daemon to reconfigure your network settings on cable (un)plugging)
- waproamd (Daemon for Wireless roaming with automatic WEP key handling)
- Wpa_supplicant (waproamd's successor, can handle WPA)
- ifmetric (Tool to help set different route metrics for WLAN/cable connections, to be used in conjunction with ifplugd and waproamd)