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=== ibm-acpi - IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver ===
 
This is a Linux ACPI driver for the IBM ThinkPad laptops written by Borislav Deianov, and currently maintained by Henrique de Moraes Holschuh.  It aims to support various features of these laptops which are accessible through the ACPI framework but not otherwise supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers. As a kernel module, ibm-acpi works as a bridge to deliver information about certain hardware events like key presses or control the state of certain hardware features by software.
 
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=== Features ===
 
*triggers ACPI Events for
 
** [[How_to_get_special_keys_to_work | Fn key combinations]] ({{key|Fn}}{{key|F1}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F2}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F3}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F4}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F5}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F6}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F7}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F8}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F9}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F10}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F11}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F12}})
 
** [[UltraBay]] device eject (see also [[How to hotswap UltraBay devices]])
 
** Display lid, Power button, Undock button
 
*enables control via /proc files of
 
** Bluetooth
 
** Video output switching, video expansion control
 
** Docking and undocking (limited)
 
** Fan (on most models, only enable/disable; speed control is added by a further [[Patch for controlling fan speed|patch]])
 
** Volume
 
** LCD Brightness
 
** [[ThinkLight]]
 
** [[Table_of_ibm-acpi_LEDs| LEDs]]
 
** [[Error Codes and Beep Codes|Beep]] codes
 
** Several CMOS states
 
* can show values of
 
** [[Thermal Sensors|Sixteen temperature sensors]]
 
** Embedded Controler registers
 
** Fan status and speed
 
 
 
 
 
Some of these features are available only when the module is loaded with the <tt>experimental=1</tt> option. To enable it, add the following to {{path|/etc/modprobe.conf}} (or your distribution's equivalent):
 
options ibm_acpi experimental=1
 
 
 
=== Project Homepage / Availability ===
 
* Homepage: http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/
 
* Public releases: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=117042
 
* ibm-acpi is included with the Linux kernel since 2.6.10.
 
* Mailing list: [[Mailinglists#ibm-acpi_Developers_Mailinglist|ibm-acpi-devel]]
 
* [[Git]] repository: git://repo.or.cz/linux-2.6/linux-acpi-2.6/ibm-acpi-2.6.git ([http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/linux-acpi-2.6/ibm-acpi-2.6.git browse])
 
 
 
=== Status ===
 
In development, usable, actively maintained.  Patches should go to the ibm-acpi-devel [[mailinglists|mailing list]].
 
 
 
Even if you have disabled the BIOS setting for automatically dimming at battery power, after using the brightness switch of ibm-acpi, the auto-dimming behavior is enabled. So, if you need a bright display even on battery power, you should not set any brightness via /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness.
 
 
 
=== Application support===
 
* [http://www.gkrellm.net GKrellM] supports fan and thermal information
 
* [http://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/archives/38-Created-gaim-thinklight.html gaim-thinklight] is a gaim plugin which makes the [[ThinkLight]] blink, when a message arrives.
 
* [http://www.chris-lamb.co.uk/code/gaim-lightthink/ gaim-lightthink] is an alternative to gaim-thinklight.
 
* [http://hunz.org/ rocklight] is a xmms visualization plugin that makes the ThinkLight flash to the beat of your music. The package also includes a standalone stroboscope mode program.
 
* [http://www.zolnott.de/software/applications/ibm-acpi-applet-for-gnome-210-and-higher.html IBM ACPI applet] is a small gnome panel applet which shows the fan speed and thermal informations
 
* [[ACPI fan control script|ACPI fan control scripts]] can be used to control the system fan according to system temperatures (overriding the firmware)
 
 
 
=== Interesting links related to this project ===
 
* [http://ibm-acpi.sf.net ibm-acpi Sourceforge project summary]
 
* [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel ibm-acpi-devel Mailinglist]
 
* [http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad Linux-Thinkpad Mailinglist]
 
* [http://acpi.sourceforge.net acpi.sourceforge.net]
 
* [http://www.kernel.org www.kernel.org]
 
 
 
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