On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Pereresus ne Vlezaet Buggy < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 27 October 2008 c. 14:45:04 Amarendra Godbole wrote: > > Hello misc@ > > > > My IBM (Lenovo) X60 laptop heats up considerably and the battery also > > discharges faster, when I boot into OpenBSD. This does not seem to be > > the case when I boot it into Windows XP. > > > > The relevant temperature sysctls are: > > hw.sensors.acpitz0.temp0=73.05 degC (zone temperature) > > hw.sensors.acpitz1.temp0=72.05 degC (zone temperature) > > hw.sensors.cpu0.temp0=72.00 degC > > hw.sensors.aps0.temp0=52.00 degC > > hw.sensors.aps0.temp1=52.00 degC > > > > dmesg is put up at > > http://www.obscure.org/~amunix/tmp/dmesg<http://www.obscure.org/%7Eamunix/tmp/dmesg> > > > > I did read about SpeedStep, and slowing down the processor so that it > > consumes less power - so I am going to try it out by tweaking sysctl > > "hw.cpuspeed" and changing it from 1829 to 1000, but I am not sure if > > this would solve the problem. > > > > Has anyone encountered something similar? If yes, I'd appreciate tips > > to fix this > > (apart from the SpeedStepping stuff -- will post my findings. Thanks). > > Read apmd(8). I have ~ same actual working times on WinXP and OpenBSD. > > -- > WBR, > Pereresus ne Vlezaet Buggy > > The Thinkpad X60 is acpi only - no apm.
