Op woensdag 30 januari 2013 06:29:08 schreef Mustafa Muhammad: > On 01/30/2013 02:01 AM, AL13N wrote: > > Op woensdag 30 januari 2013 00:57:44 schreef Mustafa Muhammad: > >> Hi, I reported a bug because open source driver for AMD cards reduced my > >> laptops batter life to half: > >> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8891 > >> Please either implement the solution (shipping two xorg-server packages > >> and choosing from them during install), or extend the life of Mageia 2 > >> to 5 years (or at least 3), nobody can keep using Mageia to kill his > >> battery life. > >> I know I asked about this before but it is critical. > >> Regards > > > > I might be mistaken, but i think there is work going on to make this > > happen... if it does, it'll need some manual intervention though... > > > > (but unsure on this), we'll have to see... > > Anything is OK, manual intervention or completely manual setup is OK, > just don't leave us in the cold by only supporting xorg 1.13
i am not certain, but i believe i have heard this. I too suffer from this problem, even though the real problem is AMD/ATI behaving cruelly and not suppporting their slightly older hardware
