Am Montag, 28. Juni 2004 10:13 schrieb Leonardo Canducci: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 12:04:42PM +0200, Sebastian Mangelkramer wrote: > > hello dear list, > > my acer travelmate 290lci (centrino) laptop drives me crazy because the > > runtime when i`m on battery is just about 1h 30min. i`m using debian 3.1 > > sarge with kernel 2.6.7, cpudynd, hdparm with hdd-spindown, .... > > > > even if the cpu runs @50% the runtime is about 1h 30 min. > > i don`t know why. > > > > the same laptop running under windoze xp makes more than 4 hours. > > > > are there any tipps or solutions for my problems ? > > > > p.s. all extra hardware ist off (wlan, pcmcia, ...) > > I own the same laptop, tm291lci (centrino 1.4 + 30Gb HD, 855 graphics, > intel 2200 wireless lan) and it runs for about 4h. > my config is: > loaded modules (or statically compiled into kernel): > cpufreq_userspace, speedstep_centrino. > userspace governor: powernowd > cpu speed is almost always 600MHz. It increases only when needed (that's > powernowd simple policy). > > For what I've seen it seems that with linux batteries last longer than > with winXP, at least using wireless lan. > > btw my laptop is shipped with intel2200 wlan adapeter (56MB/s capable) > and currently there's no usable opensource driver available (ipw2100 > cannot be used for intel2200 and ipw2200 is still in alpha). that's not > a big deal since ndiswrapper works fine (WEP is unsupported though). > > anyway it could be some problem with your battery. could you post > cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info ?
nori:~# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info present: yes design capacity: 4000 mAh last full capacity: 4000 mAh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 14800 mV design capacity warning: 420 mAh design capacity low: 156 mAh capacity granularity 1: 264 mAh capacity granularity 2: 3780 mAh model number: PA3206U serial number: 3658Q battery type: Li-Ion OEM info: COMPAL > > bye > > PS anyone got suspend to ram working with this laptop? > -- > Leonardo Canducci > GPG Key ID: 429683DA -- -- Sebastian Mangelkramer Ebertplatz 8 D-78467 Konstanz Tel.: +49 (0) 7531 366 954 Mobile: +49 (0) 178 459 63 23 SIP: + 49 (0) 911 308 398 66 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
