Fwd: [powersave-users] kPowerSave problem: kubuntu version

[Michael Biebl]

Luka Renko wrote:
> FYI, more users wanting kpowersave...
> Not sure what we can do here, due to this clash of package dependencies...
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Renato Neves <renatoneves79 at hotmail.com>
> Date: Mar 2, 2006 1:19 PM
> Subject: [powersave-users] kPowerSave problem: kubuntu version
> To: powersave-users at forge.novell.com
> 
> 
> When install kpowersave, by apt-get, i have got an error!! I use Kubuntu
> version.
> 
> Here is the output of the installation:
> 
> "

Hi,

I'm the maintainer of the Debian kpowersave and the powersave packages.

The problem here is, that the kubuntu-desktop meta package has a strict
dependency on powernowd (cpu frequency scaling) and apmd. As powersaved
provides this functionality itself, you have to make sure that apmd and
no other cpu frequency scaling daemon is running. To ensure that, I made
powersaved conflict with apmd and powernowd (and other cpufreq daemons
like cpudyn and cpufreqd).
Initially I also provided packages for (K)Ubuntu. I changed them to also
Replaces/Provides: powernowd, apmd, which made them installable without
removing kubuntu-desktop. This was a rather hacky solution. I don't
provide these packages anymore as (k)powersave is now in universe
maintained by the MOTUs.
A better solution would be, if Jonathan could change the kubuntu-desktop
meta-package and use "Requires: apmd | powersaved, powernowd |
powersaved". This would solve the problem.
For now, the user will have to uninstall the kubuntu-desktop
meta-package, because the packages in the Kubuntu archive are only
recompilation of my Debian packages without my Kubuntu specific changes.

@Jonathan: would you be willing to make the aforementioned changes?

Regards,
Michael

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