Armijn Hemel wrote: > hiya, > > one of the suggestions I get when running powertop (both Fedora 11 and > from today's SVN) is: > > Suggestion: Enable wireless power saving mode by executing the following > command > : > echo 5 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/iwl3945/0000:02:00.0/power_level > > The wireless interface however is turned off: > > # cat /sys/bus/pci/drivers/iwl3945/0000\:02\:00.0/power_level > 6 (AC) OFF > > The suggestion, obviously, does not work: > > # echo 5 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/iwl3945/0000\:02\:00.0/power_level > -bash: echo: write error: Resource temporarily unavailable > > Wouldn't it be better to not give this suggestion at all if the > power_level is set to 'OFF'?
yes, obviously fortunately in newer kernels things will be easier, thanks to johannis' patch. But I'll see if I can get this little bug fixed. Auke _______________________________________________ Power mailing list [email protected] http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power
