if you run top from a console window what is displayed as taking processor
power?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rodney Myrvaagnes [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 1:39 PM
> To: Rodney Myrvaagnes
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Libretto-Mandrake 6.0 battery life
>
> On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 00:02:22 -0400, michael jones wrote:
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> >
> >i thought KDE was the default for mandrake? anyway, i know
> >KDE has laptop utilities built in to manage power usage. i
> >would make sure you have apm installed,
> >rpm -qa | grep apm
> >then install it if needed and do a man apm. also check man apmd
> >
> Yes, apm is installed. Thanks.
>
>
> >then see if you can use the KDE apps under GNOME/enlightnment.
> >if KDE is installed you should be able to have access to them.
> >i'm sorry i can't be any more help than that. i hope someone else
> >can offer you more experienced help.
> >
> KDE apps are available on a Gnome submenu. I will look at
> it. Thanks again. I discovered this AM that the modem was
> left on in the slot. Bad news, but my wife doesn't have a
> modem.
>
> The apmd daemon does start on boot, but its parameters must
> need changing for the Libretto. I looked at the system
> monitor and the CPU was quite active, even though I wasn't
> asking it to do anything.
>
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> Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a
> Associate Editor Electronic Products
> 20+ years without a car, a TV, or a website
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