Is there a recommended power management app for MX Fluxbox?  [Solved]

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Is there a recommended power management app for MX Fluxbox?

#1 Post by Durhammer »

I'm coming from an MX Xfce environment, and wonder if there is a good and recommended "Power Manager" for F-box?

Or do I not need one?

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-30-amd64 [6.1.124-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-30-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7 info: tint2 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_fluxbox_x64
    Libretto September 15 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: RF511/RF411/RF711 v: 10HX serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: SAMSUNG model: RF511/RF411/RF711 v: 10HX serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 10HX.M034.20110426.SSH date: 04/26/2011
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 35.1 Wh (79.1%) condition: 44.4/48.8 Wh (90.9%) volts: 10.7 min: 11.1
    model: SAMSUNG Electronics type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: not charging
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech ERGO M575 Trackball serial: <filter> charge: 100%
    rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-2630QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge gen: core 2 level: v2
    built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 951 high: 1006 min/max: 800/2900 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 800 2: 997 3: 984 4: 981 5: 945 6: 1006 7: 900 8: 1000
    bogomips: 31929
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: conditional; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics vendor: Samsung Co
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 code: Sandybridge process: Intel 32nm built: 2011 ports:
    active: LVDS-1,VGA-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0116 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF108M [GeForce GT 540M] vendor: Samsung Co driver: N/A alternate: nouveau
    non-free: series: 390.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~late 2022) arch: Fermi code: GF1xx
    process: 40/28nm built: 2010-16 pcie: speed: Unknown lanes: 63 link-max: gen: 6 speed: 64 GT/s
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0df4 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Silicon Motion WebCam SCB-1100N type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.1:3
    chip-ID: 2232:1008 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
    dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x2820 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 422x744mm (16.61x29.29") s-diag: 855mm (33.68")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 pos: primary,bottom model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1733 built: 2012 res: 1600x900
    hz: 60 dpi: 106 gamma: 1.2 size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 448mm (17.6") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1600x900
  Monitor-2: VGA-1 pos: top model: Dell P2214H serial: <filter> built: 2015 res: 1080x1920 hz: 60
    dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2 size: 268x477mm (10.55x18.78") diag: 547mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Samsung Co 6
    driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 2-1:2 v: kernel chip-ID: 1130:1620 bus-ID: 00:1b.0 class-ID: 0300
    chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF108 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: Unknown lanes: 63 link-max: gen: 6 speed: 64 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0bea
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Tenx USB AUDIO type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Device-4: AKAI MPKmini2 type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 2-2.2:4
    chip-ID: 2011:0715 class-ID: 0103 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-30-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Askey driver: wl v: kernel
    modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4727
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: b000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM2070 Bluetooth Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-1.3:3
    chip-ID: 0a5c:219c class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.0 lmp-v: 3.0
    sub-v: 4203 hci-v: 3.0 rev: 274
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.96 TiB used: 372.44 GiB (12.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: BUP Slim BK size: 1.82 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0109 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Sabrent model: SABRENT size: 238.47 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0204 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 100 GiB size: 97.87 GiB (97.87%) used: 10.54 GiB (10.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 428 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 12 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdc4
    maj-min: 8:36
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 1983 pm: dpkg pkgs: 1971 libs: 950 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 12
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 272 Uptime: 1h 28m wakeups: 12 Memory: 7.67 GiB used: 1.92 GiB (25.0%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
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Re: Is there a recommended power management app for MX Fluxbox?  [Solved]

#2 Post by siamhie »

Open MX Tweak and on the left side middle of window will be the screensaver section.
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Re: Is there a recommended power management app for MX Fluxbox?

#3 Post by Durhammer »

Thanks, @siamhie!

Ah, pretty sure I had set the various (3?) times in there before, not really knowing what the effect would be. The Xfce version, I think has a number of other settings, but I forget without logging back into that environment. However ... :embarrassed: somehow, I started the screensaver itself, killed it and restored my wallpaper. So now when I go into Tweak, all I see is a "Screensaver idle time" box with a current setting of 10. Does the ....

OK, nevermind at least part of this -- I scrolled up in the terminal to where I'd killed xscreensaver then asked the command for help. ;) I then ran the xscreensaver-settings command, and it did the thing above where it asks to launch the daemon and I saw the things I set in the Advanced tab. So that's good (is that all the power management -- just the screen?). HOWEVER, for whatever reason, the only thing that shows up even now in Tweak is what I mentioned above. Is that fixable? (Or is it in some other place?)
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Re: Is there a recommended power management app for MX Fluxbox?

#4 Post by siamhie »

You could do is set Tweak's screensaver to 0 and let xscreensaver set the time. The screensaver time in Tweak is just a setting for the xset command.
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Re: Is there a recommended power management app for MX Fluxbox?

#5 Post by Durhammer »

siamhie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2025 6:37 pm You could do is set Tweak's screensaver to 0 and let xscreensaver set the time. The screensaver time in Tweak is just a setting for the xset command.
Interesting interaction -- looks like the settings I put in via xscreensaver-settings did just that. The Screensaver Idle Time setting is now "off".

Thanks again!
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Re: Is there a recommended power management app for MX Fluxbox?

#6 Post by siamhie »

Durhammer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2025 7:09 pm
siamhie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2025 6:37 pm You could do is set Tweak's screensaver to 0 and let xscreensaver set the time. The screensaver time in Tweak is just a setting for the xset command.
Interesting interaction -- looks like the settings I put in via xscreensaver-settings did just that. The Screensaver Idle Time setting is now "off".

Thanks again!
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