Yeah, I noticed that - is there any way to set it to remember the settings?
I just do "sudo powertop" everytime I switch to batteries, play the
button-pushing game with powertop and make my battery last longer (what a
prize!)

It also suggests that I load the kernel with some usb command, but I don't
exactly now where to put that in my menu.lst file.


On 10/21/07, Sune Mølgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Vadim Peretokin wrote:
> > Won't pressing the button that powertop suggests do that for you? (at
> > least I think it does...)
>
> Indeed it will, but then it needs to be done after each restart, which I
> hope you will agree is a Bad Plan (tm).
>
> Wrt. to the other post about any knowing linux user being able to follow
> the instructions, I offer the following thought: If it's a large school,
> one would expect a knowledgeable sysadmin, who would understand the
> "lingo", but for smaller schools, this assumption may not hold. The role
> of sysadmin may very well be held by the teacher least frightened by
> technology, who may, however, not have any real experience.
>
> It would lead too far to incorporate this into the program itself, but a
> few "tip application for dummies" pages on the homepage wouldn't hurt...
>
> Just my 2 cents,
>
> Sune Mølgaard
>
> --
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> sure.
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