With Karmic, I easily get 7+ hours. I don't know what kernel I am running though. Powertop Jaunty 50% brightness was ~13w. Powertop Karmic 50% brightness now always less than 10 usually around 9.3
-Dan On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:29 PM, brandon D <[email protected]> wrote: > On the 3810 thread at the forums someone mentioned that .31-12 and later > kernel upgrades caused his battery life to go from 6.5 to 3.5 hours. I know > that for me, the battery life was the key reason that I got this 3810T. I > do not currently have Ubuntu installed because, as much as I would love to, > I cannot run it if doing so reduces my battery life by 60%. I get 8+ hours > under Vista. > > Now I am fully aware that Linux is not yet capable of enjoying the full > battery life that Vista was able to get, as many of the hacks that the > manufacturers engaged are windows centric. > > Did those of you testing Karmic since the beginning experience this drop in > battery life? If so, would it be possible for someone with a live CD from > an earlier alpha to do a powertop comparison to see where the extra power is > going? If we can track down the culprit, maybe we can get a fix included in > the next kernel and I can cleanse this system of windows for good! > > Thanks > > > JTS > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline<https://launchpad.net/%7Eacertimeline> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline<https://launchpad.net/%7Eacertimeline> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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