Re: Power saving techniques

2006-04-02 Thread T. M.
I have tried CPUDYND but it says "Nothing to do, exiting": does it mean my cpu (7447, pb12 1.5ghz) is unsupported? Thank you. Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Power saving techniques

2006-03-22 Thread pasca
On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 09:20:40PM +0100, Mich Lanners wrote: > On 20 Mar, this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] echoed through > cyberspace: > >> > >> When it goes down, you can try to recalibrate your battery: let the > >> computer run until the battery shuts it down, with no pmud or > >> pbbutton

Re: Power saving techniques

2006-03-20 Thread Mich Lanners
On 20 Mar, this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] echoed through cyberspace: >> >> When it goes down, you can try to recalibrate your battery: let the >> computer run until the battery shuts it down, with no pmud or >> pbbuttonsd running to keep you from doing that. > > What should happen to the bat

Re: Power saving techniques

2006-03-20 Thread T. M.
1) Does my PowerBook support cpu scaling? How do I enable it? Can I even make it run at 500Mhz or so? I think it runs at either half-speed or full speed. You need to enable cpufreq scaling in the kernel. Do I have to recompile kernel? How do I enable cpufreq scaling in the kernel? No, one is

Re: Power saving techniques

2006-03-20 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > > > > I've tried installing cpudyn and cpufreq but I don't > > understand how to configure it and understand if it's actually > > working. Do I need both cpufreq and cpudyn? > > No, one is enough. There's also powernowd, which I have used for over a year without a single hiccup. At least one

Re: Power saving techniques

2006-03-20 Thread pasca
On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 08:47:02PM +0100, Mich Lanners wrote: > Hi, > > [...] > > When it goes down, you can try to recalibrate your battery: let the > computer run until the battery shuts it down, with no pmud or pbbuttonsd > running to keep you from doing that. What should happen to the battery

Re: Power saving techniques

2006-03-19 Thread Mich Lanners
Hi, On 18 Mar, this message from T. M. echoed through cyberspace: > 1) Does my PowerBook support cpu scaling? How do I enable it? Can I > even make it run at 500Mhz or so? It most probably does. As was already said, your kernel needs to support cpufreq scaling. I recommend userspace governor t

Re: Power saving techniques

2006-03-18 Thread Guy Yasko
On 18.3.2006, T. M. said: > Hi everybody, I have a PowerBook 12-inch, 1.5Ghz (System Profiler > says it's a PowerBook 6,8). I'd like to be able to save energy as > much as I can while on the road; I'd like to know: > > 1) Does my PowerBook support cpu scaling? How do I enable it? Can I > even ma

Re: Power saving techniques

2006-03-18 Thread pasca
On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 04:40:50PM +0100, T. M. wrote: > Hi everybody, > I have a PowerBook 12-inch, 1.5Ghz (System Profiler says it's a > PowerBook 6,8). > I'd like to be able to save energy as much as I can while on the > road; I'd like to know: > > 1) Does my PowerBook support cpu sca