Hi, there are known "efficiency" problems in linux power consumption, see this paper about that: http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/doc/OLS2006-bltk-paper.pdf
On 11/7/06, Thomas Perl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hallo, Davide! > > On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:54:04 +0100 Davide Bertola wrote: > > I have a macbook and I get about 2 hours of battery life. > > > > [...] > > > > Compared to OSX the battery should be charged to 50 W, not only 38 W. how do get your 50W numbers on OSX ? It would be interesting to dwelve on that if your 12W diference is confirmed. > > And minimum power discharge rate should be about 13 W, against 18W. > > > > I'd like to know about your parameters (measured as I did) and battery > > life. > > on AC power: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state > present: yes > capacity state: ok > charging state: charged > present rate: 0 mW > remaining capacity: 52090 mWh > present voltage: 12533 mV > > Just after AC power disconnected, bright screen, OGG playback, different > applications and so on -- in general, a "desktop situation": > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state > present: yes > capacity state: ok > charging state: discharging > present rate: 20294 mW > remaining capacity: 52110 mWh > present voltage: 12382 mV > > > My kernel is the default in Debian testing, no mactel patches: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a > Linux macbook 2.6.17-2-686 #1 SMP Wed Sep 13 16:34:10 UTC 2006 i686 > GNU/Linux > > > > thp > -- Miguel Sousa Filipe ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
