Im running Gentoo on a PowerPC laptop. What packages should I install to enable laptop-specific functionality?
There are four main packages you will need to install. • pbbuttonsd is a tool that enables the brightness and volume keys on most ppc laptops as well as other apple laptop specific functionality. The current versions also work as a power manager and replaces pmud. • powerprefs provides a graphical configuration editing tool for configuring pbbuttonsd including settings such as power-management, trackpad options and various other preferences. • powernowd allows cpu speed scaling for longer battery life. Other packages also provide the same functionality, such as cpudyn, cpufreqd and speedfreq. It doesn’t really matter which you chose, just ensure that you have the userspace cpu frequency scaling governor enabled in your kernel. This is the only governor that will work on PPC.
