I realize this is getting old but... I am just now getting back to it.
Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
> present: yes
> capacity state: ok
> charging state: charging
> present rate:619 mA
What is your
> While I'm using 2.6.22 with HI-RES Timers, I hardly get around 5-10 minutes
> of power when running on battery. Where as Windows makes it run for 1.5 hrs
> approx.
Such an enormous difference cannot be the consequence of some sub-optimal
power management. It's clearly a sign of a bug somewhere
Rob Mahurin wrote:
> At any rate, your battery is only holding 20% of its design charge.
> Even if you fix this you may need a new battery soon. It might be
> less headache just to buy one now.
You're correct.
The battery has reached its life. Now it is 0%.
My experience with an earlier laptop (
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 02:13:32AM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
> present: yes
> design capacity: 4800 mAh
> last full capacity: 1003 mAh
> battery technology: rechargeable
> design voltage: 11100
Evgeni Golov wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:35:38 +0530 Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
>
>> design capacity: 4800 mAh
>> last full capacity: 1259 mAh
>
> your battery seems terribly broken :(
Hey! That's a good point.
But why only on Linux ?
Ritesh
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Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> This is when I moved to acpi-cpufreq. I think that would have been the
> time when I started seeing such low battery backups.
> I'm back to speedstep-centrino and see good results. More investigation
> going on. Thanks again.
>
Sorry. Issue seen with speedstep-centrino
Bob Proulx wrote:
>> maybe it would be a goog look, to see how much power does your laptop
>> need. on my thinkpad i can look at:
>> /proc/acpi/battery/...
>
> cat /proc/acpi/battery/*/state
> cat /proc/acpi/battery/*/info
>
Here's it again:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/sta
On Thu, 2007.09.13 16:00, Damjan Vrencur wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
> > present: yes
> > design capacity: 4800 mAh
> > last full capacity: 1259 mAh
>
> Heh, my report is somehow even
* Florian Reitmeir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070913 09:22]:
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Marvin Renich wrote:
>
> > * Florian Reitmeir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070913 08:45]:
> > >
> > > design capacity: 4800 mAh
> > >
> > > this can't be right, it should be something between 1mAh and 10mAh
> >
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Damjan Vrencur schrieb:
> Heh, my report is somehow even more redicoulus:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
> present: yes
> design capacity: 56160 mWh
> last full capacity: 57320 mWh
> ...
>
Hm, yo
Florian Reitmeir wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Marvin Renich wrote:
>
>> * Florian Reitmeir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070913 08:45]:
>>> design capacity: 4800 mAh
>>>
>>> this can't be right, it should be something between 1mAh and 10mAh
>>>
>>> --
>>> Florian Reitmeir
>>>
>> No, this
On Thursday 13 of September 2007 14:49:33 Florian Reitmeir wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
> > present: yes
> > design capacity: 4800 mAh
> > last full capacity: 1259 mAh
Heh, my r
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Marvin Renich wrote:
> * Florian Reitmeir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070913 08:45]:
> >
> > design capacity: 4800 mAh
> >
> > this can't be right, it should be something between 1mAh and 10mAh
> >
> > --
> > Florian Reitmeir
> >
>
> No, this is correct for the
* Florian Reitmeir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070913 08:45]:
>
> design capacity: 4800 mAh
>
> this can't be right, it should be something between 1mAh and 10mAh
>
> --
> Florian Reitmeir
>
No, this is correct for the 53Wh Dell battery. Mine even has 4800mAh
printed on the battery.
Hi,
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
> present: yes
> design capacity: 4800 mAh
> last full capacity: 1259 mAh
> battery technology: rechargeable
> design voltage: 11100 mV
> design cap
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:35:38 +0530 Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> design capacity: 4800 mAh
> last full capacity: 1259 mAh
your battery seems terribly broken :(
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On Thursday 13 September 2007, Jean-Marie Mouchel wrote:
> Hi,
> I am running 2.6.18 kernel (etch) on a DELL D610 laptop.
> I had many problems with the acpi-cpufreq module which dit not load
> properly, no easy control on frequency etc... (and much less than one
> hour working time, plus laptop ge
Florian Reitmeir wrote:
> Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> > Linux => 5-10 minutes
> > Windows => 1.5 hrs
Wow. I can't imagine how much current must be drawn in order to drain
a battery that fast.
> maybe it would be a goog look, to see how much power does your laptop need.
> on my thinkpad i can look
Hi,
I am running 2.6.18 kernel (etch) on a DELL D610 laptop.
I had many problems with the acpi-cpufreq module which dit not load
properly, no easy control on frequency etc... (and much less than one
hour working time, plus laptop getting hot - I guess hardware does not
like that ! -).
I changed to
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Ritesh Raj Sarraf schrieb:
>
> Will a debug kernel help ?
>
> Ritesh
I've read an article about powertop. It should tell you what'S consuming
the power on your machine.
Frank
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On Thursday 13 September 2007, Franklin PIAT wrote:
> That's a huge difference !
> Do you have any device plugged in ? (pcmcia, wifi, 3G card, GPS, Phone,
> etc.)
> I ask because i have read a few report on
> http://tuxmobil.org/dell.html , but none mention you problem.
>
Bluetooth - Which I keep
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> I'm using Debian on my laptop.
>
> But:
> Linux => 5-10 minutes
> Windows => 1.5 hrs
maybe it would be a goog look, to see how much power does your laptop need.
on my thinkpad i can look at:
/proc/acpi/battery/...
and it tells me, how many milliwa
On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 01:24:27PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
>
> But "Dynticks" were introduced recently. Most people, even without dynticks,
> have had good battery backup.
it might not be your case - I'd give it a try with old, 'normal' options.
possibly, try also an older kernel, say 2.
On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 02:16 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> The [laptop] is a Dell XPS M1210 laptop which has:
> * Intel Core Duo 2.0Ghz Processor
> * 2 GB RAM
> * 60 GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
> * nVIDIA GPU
>
> While I'm using 2.6.22 with HI-RES Timers, I hardly get around 5-10
> minutes
> of power w
Paolo wrote:
> did you enable 'Tickless System' as well? tried with normal timer+ticks?
Yes, both are enabled.
But "Dynticks" were introduced recently. Most people, even without dynticks,
have had good battery backup.
Ritesh
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On Thursday 13 September 2007, Alexandre Rossi wrote:
> Is CPU frequency scaling on? If not, this clearly explains it all for me.
> For example, on my laptop :
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
> conservative
>
Yes. It is enabled. I'm using the acpi-cpufreq kernel modul
Hi,
> Linux => 5-10 minutes
> Windows => 1.5 hrs
>
> looks very very different.
>
> Any ideas what could be going wrong ?
Is CPU frequency scaling on? If not, this clearly explains it all for me.
For example, on my laptop :
$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
conservative
On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 02:16:58AM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> While I'm using 2.6.22 with HI-RES Timers, I hardly get around 5-10 minutes
did you enable 'Tickless System' as well? tried with normal timer+ticks?
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Hi,
I'm using Debian on my laptop.
The machine is a Dell XPS M1210 laptop which has:
* Intel Core Duo 2.0Ghz Processor
* 2 GB RAM
* 60 GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
* nVIDIA GPU
While I'm using 2.6.22 with HI-RES Timers, I hardly get around 5-10 minutes
of power when running on battery. Where as Windows m
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