On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 08:32:21PM +0100, Thorsten Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello at all, > > for some time I've been trying to reduce my laptop's power consumption (while > running on battery power) on my Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook C1320 with Debian > etch. > - I echo powersave to /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor > - I installed laptop-mode in order to shut down my harddrive if it is unused. > - I don't use swap, /tmp/ is a ramdisk-mount and /var/tmp links to /tmp, > (I've 1 GB RAM) > Thus my hd is barely used and my CPU reaches C3. > > But for some reason, Windows is more efficient in power saving. (3,5h vs. > 4,5h > battery life while surfing wireless). > Is there anything else I can do to save battery power?
Basically, no, except waiting for Linux ACPI support to get better. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
