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On 5/5/05, Cliff Rowley <cliffrowley@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Ok, I've done everything but I'm still not seeing the same efficiency |
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> I had before. Full battery gets me just under 3 hours .. somewhere |
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> I've lost an hour or so :( |
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> Is this something I should "just get used to"? Is it a fact that |
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> Linux isn't quite up to speed on laptops and power management yet? Or |
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> should I dig deeper? |
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> The problem is, I'm not at all afraid of spending the time to get it |
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> right .. but I don't want to waste the time if it's not even possible |
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> to achieve the same efficiency (yet). |
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> Cheers :) |
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perhaps you should try the patch item here: http://www.muru.com/linux/dyntick/ |
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its possable that the HZ in the kernel is to high for your comp and it never |
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gets to sleep as much as it use too |
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another thing to keep in mind is perhaps your video card isnt entering |
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a low power state |
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not that you can do much about that unless you want to go add some |
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code to xorg ;) |
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> On 5/4/05, Cliff Rowley <cliffrowley@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Ahh silly me, sorry .. I have been through the guide, but somehow |
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> > *totally* missed the part about wireless interfaces. Sorry for the |
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> > noise.. |
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