On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 09:25:46PM +0100, Thorsten Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Am Freitag, 9. März 2007 20:42 schrieb Mike Hommey: > > On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 08:32:21PM +0100, Thorsten Schmidt > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello at all, > > > > > > for some time I've been trying to reduce my laptop's power consumption > > > (while running on battery power) on my Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook C1320 > > > with Debian etch. > > > - I echo powersave to > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor - I installed > > > laptop-mode in order to shut down my harddrive if it is unused. - I don't > > > use swap, /tmp/ is a ramdisk-mount and /var/tmp links to /tmp, (I've 1 > > > GB RAM) > > > Thus my hd is barely used and my CPU reaches C3. > > > > > > But for some reason, Windows is more efficient in power saving. (3,5h vs. > > > 4,5h battery life while surfing wireless). > > > Is there anything else I can do to save battery power? > > > > Basically, no, except waiting for Linux ACPI support to get better. > > Would Debian/kBSD Debian/OpenSolaris, Debian/Darwin be an option?
Very unlikely. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
