im not running gentoo ;) so i dont think, it is a distro vs distro thing

daniel

On Di, 2007-03-06 at 12:31 +0100, Sheer El-Showk wrote:
> Could the ATI power throttle be a Gentoo thing since you're running
> gentoo and the gentoo website claims it works but it certainly doesn't
> on Ubuntu with a C2D MBP.  Perhaps gentoo has some custom kernel mods
> that work better with the ATI driver?  It would be weird if this is a
> C2D vs CD thing - I think the graphic cards are identical on the two
> of them.   Anyone managed to get ATI throttle working on a C2D with
> gentoo?
> 
> Sheer
> 
> On 3/3/07, Michael Gangolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > > b) ati-drivers
> > > crappy. simply crappy as always with proprietary things ;) suspend is
> > > working with the newest version, but powerplay/throttling isnt. so the
> > > graphics card is wasting battery-capacity. one of the most important
> > > facts regarding battery runtime on the mbp. i also got this message and
> > > i _think_ it doesnt work due of the "missing" bios. i really dont know..
> > > maybe some suggestions here?
> >
> >  $ aticonfig --lsp
> >     core/mem      [flags]
> > -----------------
> > * 1: 128/135 MHz  [low voltage]
> >   2: 311/297 MHz  [performance mode, default state]
> >   3: 311/297 MHz
> >
> > When I plug my powersupply back in it will switch to 2 [default state]
> >
> > ~ $ fglrxinfo
> > display: :0.0  screen: 0
> > OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
> > OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
> > OpenGL version string: 2.0.6334 (8.34.8)
> >
> > About the Wifi:
> > I had the madwifi driver running under the older kernel. With 2.6.20 they
> > crash. But this should be fixed in the next release, i think (0.9.3). But
> > there is currently one open bug.
> >
> > But it's true that the battery life under OSX is still better :(
> >
> > Greets,
> > Michael
> >
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