Inspiron 600m. I got everything all working with X11 and wireless.
> > But the issue that I'm having it the battery life in Linux is about
> > half that of what I was getting in Windows. I have setup CPU
> > thorottling to 50% through KDE but I still get about half the
> &
a 2.6 kernel on my
> >>> Inspiron 600m. I got everything all working with X11 and wireless. But
> >>> the issue that I'm having it the battery life in Linux is about half
> >>> that of what I was getting in Windows. I have setup CPU thorottling to
m having it the battery life in Linux is about half that of what I was
getting in Windows. I have setup CPU thorottling to 50% through KDE but I
still get about half the battery life that I was getting in Windows..
Have a look at 'cpufreqd' for dynamic scaling/throttling of the
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>
>
>
>>Hi all
>>
>>So I just recently installed Debian Etch with a 2.6 kernel on my Inspiron
>>600m. I got everything all working with X11 and wireless. But the issu
* Prepaid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-21 13:42:25 -0400]:
> Hi all
>
> So I just recently installed Debian Etch with a 2.6 kernel on my Inspiron
> 600m. I got everything all working with X11 and wireless. But the issue that
> I'm having it the battery life in Linux is
Hi allSo I just recently installed Debian Etch with a 2.6 kernel on my Inspiron 600m. I got everything all working with X11 and wireless. But the issue that I'm having it the battery life in Linux is about half that of what I was getting in Windows. I have setup CPU thorottling to 50% throug
Es Dijous, 9 de Juny de 2005 20:51, en Felix Obenhuber va escriure:
| Hi,
|
| of course you enabled cpu freqency scalling?
| think it's on by default using ubuntu...
Yes, acpi-speedstep is working (centrino-speedstep doesn't work with dothan
processors -it does if you patch centrino-speedstep.c-).
Hi,
of course you enabled cpu freqency scalling?
think it's on by default using ubuntu...
greetings
Felix
On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 21:39 +0200, Joan Tur wrote:
> Hallo!
>
> I was wondering if I'm doing all I can do to enable all power savings'
> options
> of my centrino based laptop...
>
> It'
Hallo!
I was wondering if I'm doing all I can do to enable all power savings' options
of my centrino based laptop...
It's a 855PM based laptop (Benq JB7000, Dothan 1,6Ghz, Ati 9700), KUbuntu 5.04
is installed on it, laptop-mode is on (hd is set to spin down after 20",
readahead = 8MB), brightn
Yves Rutschle wrote:
It seems to me the biggest problem is that each battery
technology requires different care, that few people are
aware of that, let alone of what type of batteries they
have, and you end up with endless mis-informed postings
based on old technologies.
indeed.
I highly recommend:
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 05:15:30PM +, Jan T. Kim wrote:
> Overall, it seems to me that battery technology is surrounded by many
> suboptimalities and that only a fundamentally new approach (hydrogen
> fuel cells?) will really fix the problem.
It seems to me the biggest problem is that each bat
On Monday 21 March 2005 13:15, Jan T. Kim wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 10:39:19AM -0500, Steven wrote:
> > Huh! And I was advised the opposite recently by a fellow tech.
> > He claimed leaving the battery in and constantly charged would result in
> > longer battery life
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 10:39:19AM -0500, Steven wrote:
> Huh! And I was advised the opposite recently by a fellow tech.
> He claimed leaving the battery in and constantly charged would result in
> longer battery life span.
If I recall correctly, the question is to which extend the b
Huh! And I was advised the opposite recently by a fellow tech.
He claimed leaving the battery in and constantly charged would result in
longer battery life span.
I need a new one for my T23 and I just found batteryrefill.com where you
can exchange your old battery or simply purchase a rebuilt
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 10:57:46AM -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 March 2005 04:38, Yannick Warnier wrote:
> >
> > Poor story however:
> > The battery life after 2 years was a little short (around 1h45) so I
>
> Don't blame IBM for that - nobody wo
is it useful?
I have been trying to save every single electron from my battery, this
came to my mind as one of the first ideas. I have a 24x cd drive and
se ti to work at half speed (12x) curiosly if I set it to lower speeds
such as 10x or 4x it makes some some strange noises, it ticks...
I am alre
Ralph Bacolod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi! Does a laptop battery last longer without X or is it insignificant?
I'd guess that it's mostly insignificant. There's some cost to
actually running the X server, but I don't think it's any easier on
things like the graphics chip. I know there's al
Ralph Bacolod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi! Does a laptop battery last longer without X or is it insignificant?
I'd guess that it's mostly insignificant. There's some cost to
actually running the X server, but I don't think it's any easier on
things like the graphics chip. I know there's al
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Joan Tur wrote:
I'm planning purchasing a centrino based laptop (Acer TM 290)... but I'd like
to know if the 5 hours battery life Acer announces are real in a linux
world...
>
Has any of you got a centrino based laptop? If so, could you tell me how long
does the battery last?
I
based laptop (Acer TM 290)... but I'd
> > like to know if the 5 hours battery life Acer announces are real in a
> > linux world...
>
> Yes, it is almost real without any trick. You get at least 4 hours
> without any difficulties. However, some parts are not managed (wifi).
T
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11:49, Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait:
> I'm planning purchasing a centrino based laptop (Acer TM 290)... but I'd like
> to know if the 5 hours battery life Acer announces are real in a linux
> wo
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Hallo!
I'm planning purchasing a centrino based laptop (Acer TM 290)... but I'd like
to know if the 5 hours battery life Acer announces are real in a linux
world...
Has any of you got a centrino based laptop? If so, could you tell me how
Joan Tur wrote:
I'm planning purchasing a centrino based laptop (Acer TM 290)... but I'd like
to know if the 5 hours battery life Acer announces are real in a linux
world...
>
Has any of you got a centrino based laptop? If so, could you tell me how long
does the battery last?
based laptop (Acer TM 290)... but I'd
> > like to know if the 5 hours battery life Acer announces are real in a
> > linux world...
>
> Yes, it is almost real without any trick. You get at least 4 hours
> without any difficulties. However, some parts are not managed (wifi).
T
OoO En cette fin de matinée radieuse du dimanche 31 août 2003, vers
11:49, Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait:
> I'm planning purchasing a centrino based laptop (Acer TM 290)... but I'd like
> to know if the 5 hours battery life Acer announces are real in a linux
> wo
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Hallo!
I'm planning purchasing a centrino based laptop (Acer TM 290)... but I'd like
to know if the 5 hours battery life Acer announces are real in a linux
world...
Has any of you got a centrino based laptop? If so, could you tell me how
[Jumping into the thread a bit late...]
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 11:25:07AM -0500, David Z Maze wrote:
> Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > You may find that it goes from 40% to 1% in a matter of minutes as my
> > Thinkpads do when their battery's are over a year old.
>
> I've noticed
[Jumping into the thread a bit late...]
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 11:25:07AM -0500, David Z Maze wrote:
> Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > You may find that it goes from 40% to 1% in a matter of minutes as my
> > Thinkpads do when their battery's are over a year old.
>
> I've noticed
I removed and inserted the battery several times on-line with no
obvious harm. Dell Inspiron 5000.
micha.
Ross Burton:
> Would it be safe to remove the battery whilst on? I don't fancy having
I removed and inserted the battery several times on-line with no
obvious harm. Dell Inspiron 5000.
micha.
Ross Burton:
> Would it be safe to remove the battery whilst on? I don't fancy having
y as it fully discharges. I think that the software on
> some handheld devices does this, but APM on Linux doesn't.
I run 'watch ibam -a' in an xterm; ibam seems to get a pretty good
idea of what the actual battery life is if you run it long enough.
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y as it fully discharges. I think that the software on
> some handheld devices does this, but APM on Linux doesn't.
I run 'watch ibam -a' in an xterm; ibam seems to get a pretty good
idea of what the actual battery life is if you run it long enough.
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:13, Ross Burton wrote:
> Doh, IBM ThinkPad X22.
>
> Would it be safe to remove the battery whilst on? I don't fancy having
> to shutdown/startup twice a day!
I've tried that on several models of Thinkpad and friends have tried it on
several other models. All the test resul
> To get accurate battery estimates you need to monitor the life of the battery
> as it fully discharges. I think that the software on some handheld devices
> does this, but APM on Linux doesn't.
Consider battery-stats, he package collects statistics about the (lack of)
charge on laptop batteri
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 01:50, Tim Wood wrote:
> I have a 4 year old Gateway 5150. It runs on the mains most of the time.
> I leave the battery in all the time.
>
> Yesterday, as a check against what has been said on this list, I ran it
> for 50 min. It went from 100% down to 50%.
You may find that it
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 18:03, Joe Wreschnig wrote:
> Short answer: Yes.
>
> Long answer: It does if the battery keeps charging, which it might or
> might not. Modern batteries often contain smart circuitry that governs
> how they charge. This generally helps lengthen the battery lif
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:13, Ross Burton wrote:
> Doh, IBM ThinkPad X22.
>
> Would it be safe to remove the battery whilst on? I don't fancy having
> to shutdown/startup twice a day!
I've tried that on several models of Thinkpad and friends have tried it on
several other models. All the test resul
> To get accurate battery estimates you need to monitor the life of the battery
> as it fully discharges. I think that the software on some handheld devices
> does this, but APM on Linux doesn't.
Consider battery-stats, he package collects statistics about the (lack of)
charge on laptop batteri
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 01:50, Tim Wood wrote:
> I have a 4 year old Gateway 5150. It runs on the mains most of the time.
> I leave the battery in all the time.
>
> Yesterday, as a check against what has been said on this list, I ran it
> for 50 min. It went from 100% down to 50%.
You may find that it
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 18:03, Joe Wreschnig wrote:
> Short answer: Yes.
>
> Long answer: It does if the battery keeps charging, which it might or
> might not. Modern batteries often contain smart circuitry that governs
> how they charge. This generally helps lengthen the battery lif
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Tim Wood wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> just to stick my ten cents worth in.
>
> I have a 4 year old Gateway 5150. It runs on the mains most of the time.
> I leave the battery in all the time.
I have a 6 year old Omnibook 5500(p133) and about a 4 year old 5700(p166).
Currently it's
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 12:57, David Emerson wrote:
> I'm no expert here, but from what I can tell by reading the last week's posts,
>
> FULL DRAINS ARE BAD FOR LI-ION
Right.
> I'd say that's your main problem, and since you're now draining it to 4%,
> it sounds like your battery might start degra
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Tim Wood wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> just to stick my ten cents worth in.
>
> I have a 4 year old Gateway 5150. It runs on the mains most of the time.
> I leave the battery in all the time.
I have a 6 year old Omnibook 5500(p133) and about a 4 year old 5700(p166).
Currently it's
Hi everyone,
just to stick my ten cents worth in.
I have a 4 year old Gateway 5150. It runs on the mains most of the time.
I leave the battery in all the time.
Yesterday, as a check against what has been said on this list, I ran it
for 50 min. It went from 100% down to 50%.
I was using a PC car
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 12:57, David Emerson wrote:
> I'm no expert here, but from what I can tell by reading the last week's posts,
>
> FULL DRAINS ARE BAD FOR LI-ION
Right.
> I'd say that's your main problem, and since you're now draining it to 4%,
> it sounds like your battery might start degra
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:55, yoda2 wrote:
> Regarding the removal off the battery when on AC, i was wondering if
> that's a good thing to do. I was told the battery "filters" the spikes
> from the powernet so the electronics of you laptop get a stable spike
> free current
>
> So the "filter" stor
Regarding the removal off the battery when on AC, i was wondering if
that's a good thing to do. I was told the battery "filters" the spikes
from the powernet so the electronics of you laptop get a stable spike
free current
So the "filter" story is nonsense?
kind regards,
Asim
[EMAIL PR
Hi everyone,
just to stick my ten cents worth in.
I have a 4 year old Gateway 5150. It runs on the mains most of the time.
I leave the battery in all the time.
Yesterday, as a check against what has been said on this list, I ran it
for 50 min. It went from 100% down to 50%.
I was using a PC card
> At the very least, I find taking the battery out helps the laptop run
> cooler. :)
You surely mean that in a general sense, right? You're not talking about
cpu/system temperature as measured by termal sensors, are you?
I surely would like to only remove my battery and get a laptop that stops
ru
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:55, yoda2 wrote:
> Regarding the removal off the battery when on AC, i was wondering if
> that's a good thing to do. I was told the battery "filters" the spikes
> from the powernet so the electronics of you laptop get a stable spike
> free current
>
> So the "filter" stor
Regarding the removal off the battery when on AC, i was wondering if
that's a good thing to do. I was told the battery "filters" the spikes
from the powernet so the electronics of you laptop get a stable spike
free current
So the "filter" story is nonsense?
kind regards,
Asim
[EMAIL PRO
> At the very least, I find taking the battery out helps the laptop run
> cooler. :)
You surely mean that in a general sense, right? You're not talking about
cpu/system temperature as measured by termal sensors, are you?
I surely would like to only remove my battery and get a laptop that stops
ru
I'm no expert here, but from what I can tell by reading the last week's posts,
FULL DRAINS ARE BAD FOR LI-ION
I'd say that's your main problem, and since you're now draining it to 4%, it
sounds like your battery might start degrading more rapidly. (I have no idea
about the truth of that latter
ry
> has changed I should remove it from my laptop?
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: It does if the battery keeps charging, which it might or
might not. Modern batteries often contain smart circuitry that governs
how they charge. This generally helps lengthen the battery life (unless
you have a T
I'm no expert here, but from what I can tell by reading the last week's posts,
FULL DRAINS ARE BAD FOR LI-ION
I'd say that's your main problem, and since you're now draining it to 4%, it sounds
like your battery might start degrading more rapidly. (I have no idea about the truth
of that latter
ry
> has changed I should remove it from my laptop?
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: It does if the battery keeps charging, which it might or
might not. Modern batteries often contain smart circuitry that governs
how they charge. This generally helps lengthen the battery life (unless
you have a T
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 07:15, Joe Wreschnig wrote:
> - Don't leave it in the laptop while it's in mains power.
My LiIon battery gets heavy use. Twice a day (on the way to work, and
back again) I use it for 1.5 hours, typically compiling code. I used to
go from 100% to 25%, but now I just make it t
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 20:05, mi wrote:
> Hello Joe.
>
> Thanks for your enduring efforts !
>
> > - Store it at 40% charge. Not 100%.
> > - Don't leave it in the laptop while it's in mains power.
> > - Don't store it anywhere particularly hot or cold or wet.
>
> Does this mean it'd be best to
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 07:15, Joe Wreschnig wrote:
> - Don't leave it in the laptop while it's in mains power.
My LiIon battery gets heavy use. Twice a day (on the way to work, and
back again) I use it for 1.5 hours, typically compiling code. I used to
go from 100% to 25%, but now I just make it t
Hello Joe.
Thanks for your enduring efforts !
> - Store it at 40% charge. Not 100%.
> - Don't leave it in the laptop while it's in mains power.
> - Don't store it anywhere particularly hot or cold or wet.
Does this mean it'd be best to stop working at 40 % ?
Never use up the battery's capabil
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 20:05, mi wrote:
> Hello Joe.
>
> Thanks for your enduring efforts !
>
> > - Store it at 40% charge. Not 100%.
> > - Don't leave it in the laptop while it's in mains power.
> > - Don't store it anywhere particularly hot or cold or wet.
>
> Does this mean it'd be best to
On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 21:59, CaT wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 07:32:12PM -0800, suresh kumar sharma wrote:
> > I have a sony vaio PCG-FXA36 laptop .
> > its about a year old, problem is the battery does not
> > last more than 15-20 min. with normal operation .
> > I have tried it in Windows als
Hello Joe.
Thanks for your enduring efforts !
> - Store it at 40% charge. Not 100%.
> - Don't leave it in the laptop while it's in mains power.
> - Don't store it anywhere particularly hot or cold or wet.
Does this mean it'd be best to stop working at 40 % ?
Never use up the battery's capabil
On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 21:59, CaT wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 07:32:12PM -0800, suresh kumar sharma wrote:
> > I have a sony vaio PCG-FXA36 laptop .
> > its about a year old, problem is the battery does not
> > last more than 15-20 min. with normal operation .
> > I have tried it in Windows als
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:59:40 +1100
CaT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 07:32:12PM -0800, suresh kumar sharma wrote:
> > I have a sony vaio PCG-FXA36 laptop .
> > its about a year old, problem is the battery does not
> > last more than 15-20 min. with normal operation .
> > I h
suresh kumar sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> I have a sony vaio PCG-FXA36 laptop .
Me too
> its about a year old, problem is the battery does not
> last more than 15-20 min. with normal operation .
> I have tried it in Windows also same problem .
> does anybody know how I can get some
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 07:32:12PM -0800, suresh kumar sharma wrote:
> I have a sony vaio PCG-FXA36 laptop .
> its about a year old, problem is the battery does not
> last more than 15-20 min. with normal operation .
> I have tried it in Windows also same problem .
> does anybody know how I can get
Hi,
I have a sony vaio PCG-FXA36 laptop .
its about a year old, problem is the battery does not
last more than 15-20 min. with normal operation .
I have tried it in Windows also same problem .
does anybody know how I can get some life of my
battery back .
thanks
suresh
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:59:40 +1100
CaT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 07:32:12PM -0800, suresh kumar sharma wrote:
> > I have a sony vaio PCG-FXA36 laptop .
> > its about a year old, problem is the battery does not
> > last more than 15-20 min. with normal operation .
> > I h
suresh kumar sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> I have a sony vaio PCG-FXA36 laptop .
Me too
> its about a year old, problem is the battery does not
> last more than 15-20 min. with normal operation .
> I have tried it in Windows also same problem .
> does anybody know how I can get some
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 07:32:12PM -0800, suresh kumar sharma wrote:
> I have a sony vaio PCG-FXA36 laptop .
> its about a year old, problem is the battery does not
> last more than 15-20 min. with normal operation .
> I have tried it in Windows also same problem .
> does anybody know how I can get
Hi,
I have a sony vaio PCG-FXA36 laptop .
its about a year old, problem is the battery does not
last more than 15-20 min. with normal operation .
I have tried it in Windows also same problem .
does anybody know how I can get some life of my
battery back .
thanks
suresh
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 01:51:10PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 06:07:10PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote:
> > > My main point is that the journalling filesystem isn't a *huge* strain on
> > > power resources (even if you can do even better with just ext2).
> >
> > Well, it pr
ote:
> > > > I'm running Woody on a Dell Latitude C800 and yesterday I noticed
> > > > that the battery life of my laptop ran out much quicker than it
> > > > does when it is booted into Windows. (Approx. 50 min compared to
> > > > 2.5 h
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 06:07:10PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote:
> > My main point is that the journalling filesystem isn't a *huge* strain on
> > power resources (even if you can do even better with just ext2).
>
> Well, it prevents noflushd from powering down your hard drive. I tried
> it. After
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 01:51:10PM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 06:07:10PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote:
> > > My main point is that the journalling filesystem isn't a *huge* strain on
> > > power resources (even if you can do even better with just ext2).
> >
> > Well, it p
ote:
> > > > I'm running Woody on a Dell Latitude C800 and yesterday I noticed
> > > > that the battery life of my laptop ran out much quicker than it
> > > > does when it is booted into Windows. (Approx. 50 min compared to
> > > > 2.5 h
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 06:07:10PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote:
> > My main point is that the journalling filesystem isn't a *huge* strain on
> > power resources (even if you can do even better with just ext2).
>
> Well, it prevents noflushd from powering down your hard drive. I tried
> it. After
On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 05:31, Derek Gladding wrote:
> (replying to this on-list)
Sorry - was using a web email client and forgot to reply to list.
Thanks for taking the direct hit :-)
> There's a bunch of stuff in the list archives, which I'm too lazy to
> hunt through and cut-n-paste ;-)
Fair e
On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 05:31, Derek Gladding wrote:
> (replying to this on-list)
Sorry - was using a web email client and forgot to reply to list.
Thanks for taking the direct hit :-)
> There's a bunch of stuff in the list archives, which I'm too lazy to
> hunt through and cut-n-paste ;-)
Fair
(replying to this on-list)
On Sunday 23 June 2002 11:38 pm, you wrote:
> >Have you got your kernel compiled to "make CPU Idle calls when Idle
> > ?"
>
> I might look at this too. Lately my battery life has been crappy too
> and I find that the HDD NEVER stops.
utions? Thanks,
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > > (If you need more system info just let me know)
> >
> > Have you got your kernel compiled to "make CPU Idle calls when Idle
> > ?"
> >
> > Are you running a journalling FS (
(replying to this on-list)
On Sunday 23 June 2002 11:38 pm, you wrote:
> >Have you got your kernel compiled to "make CPU Idle calls when Idle
> > ?"
>
> I might look at this too. Lately my battery life has been crappy too
> and I find that the HDD NEVER stops.
utions? Thanks,
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > > (If you need more system info just let me know)
> >
> > Have you got your kernel compiled to "make CPU Idle calls when Idle
> > ?"
> >
> > Are you running a journalling FS (
n, and
that certainly will save power.
> And the advantage of journalling is fantastic. The number of times I've
> pulled the power cord out, mistakenly thinking the battery was in place...
> (I typically remove the battery when on AC, to sustain battery life)
I usually have the battery i
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 05:01:35PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote:
> > I run ext3, but I still seem to get the full two hours or more of battery
> > life.
>
> Try mounting your disks as ext2 and run noflushd and see if your
> batteries last three hours? ;)
>
They may we
> I run ext3, but I still seem to get the full two hours or more of battery
> life.
Try mounting your disks as ext2 and run noflushd and see if your
batteries last three hours? ;)
Greetings,
Erich
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iggest things (in my experience) which affect battery
> life.
>
I run ext3, but I still seem to get the full two hours or more of battery
life.
Drew
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spinning the HD down on my ThinkPad 560 using the 'noflushd'
gives me nearly 60 extra minutes of battery life. there are
some howtos out there, considering battery saving
configuration. under debian woody, i hav
n, and
that certainly will save power.
> And the advantage of journalling is fantastic. The number of times I've
> pulled the power cord out, mistakenly thinking the battery was in place...
> (I typically remove the battery when on AC, to sustain battery life)
I usually have the bat
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 05:01:35PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote:
> > I run ext3, but I still seem to get the full two hours or more of battery
> > life.
>
> Try mounting your disks as ext2 and run noflushd and see if your
> batteries last three hours? ;)
>
They may we
> I run ext3, but I still seem to get the full two hours or more of battery
> life.
Try mounting your disks as ext2 and run noflushd and see if your
batteries last three hours? ;)
Greetings,
Erich
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iggest things (in my experience) which affect battery
> life.
>
I run ext3, but I still seem to get the full two hours or more of battery
life.
Drew
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spinning the HD down on my ThinkPad 560 using the 'noflushd'
gives me nearly 60 extra minutes of battery life. there are
some howtos out there, considering battery saving
configuration. under debian woody, i hav
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Derek Gladding wrote:
> Have you got your kernel compiled to "make CPU Idle calls when Idle ?"
>
> Are you running a journalling FS (ext3 etc) which will stop your HD from
> ever spinning down ?
Just an observation: I don't bother spinning my HD down and on the
odd occasion w
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Derek Gladding wrote:
> Have you got your kernel compiled to "make CPU Idle calls when Idle ?"
>
> Are you running a journalling FS (ext3 etc) which will stop your HD from
> ever spinning down ?
Just an observation: I don't bother spinning my HD down and on the
odd occasion
On Friday 21 June 2002 07:47 pm, Andrew Biggadike wrote:
> I'm running Woody on a Dell Latitude C800 and yesterday I noticed
> that the battery life of my laptop ran out much quicker than it does
> when it is booted into Windows. (Approx. 50 min compared to 2.5
> hrs.)
>
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On Friday 21 June 2002 07:47 pm, Andrew Biggadike wrote:
> I'm running Woody on a Dell Latitude C800 and yesterday I noticed
> that the battery life of my laptop ran out much quicker than it does
> when it is booted into Windows. (Approx. 50 min compared to 2.5
> hrs.)
>
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