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

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