On Tuesday 04 February 2003 15:13, cc-admin wrote: > www.linux-laptops.net is a good place to start. Look for your model, make > etc. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick Marquetecken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Psyche redhat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:59 AM > Subject: Battery on Laptop > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm having trouble to work with my laptop, in windows i can work for > > about 3 hours on battery but in Linux 1,5 hours. > > Are there some sugertions to work longer with the battery. > > > > Patrick
My battery used to last about 3 hours in Linux but now it's in the 1-1.5 hour range. I wonder if it's the battery not holding a charge as well now that it's 2 years old or if the fact that the ext3 journaling file system writes to the disk every 5 seconds. Can anyone comment on that? Dave -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
