Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-13 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 01:21:35PM +, Camaleón wrote: backlight, wifi, BT, hdd temperature sensors...) and maybe your dell needs something similar :-? module wl controls wifi... I had to install it manually. No, I did not mean that. wl is a generic module for broadcom based wifi

Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-11 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 06:14:05AM +0100, Raf Czlonka wrote: I was planning to disable wifi, when it wasn't required. On my old laptop I could use the rfkill package like so: rfkill block wifi What does rfkill list say? daniel@debian-laptop:/tmp$ cd daniel@debian-laptop:~$ sudo rfkill

Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-11 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 11:45:41AM +, Camaleón wrote: laptop I could use the rfkill package like so: rfkill block wifi Here are some tips: http://www.lesswatts.org/tips/wireless.php Will take a look Another option could be disabling wifi and bluetooth adapter from BIOS (if this

Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-11 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 08:22:38AM BST, Daniel Dalton wrote: So could I just unload the module to save power? Yes, unloading modules for devices which you don't want to use will reduce power consumption, e.g. bluetooth, wifi or even usb. Regards, -- Raf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-11 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:26:32 +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 11:45:41AM +, Camaleón wrote: laptop I could use the rfkill package like so: rfkill block wifi Here are some tips: http://www.lesswatts.org/tips/wireless.php Will take a look Another option could

Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-09 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:44:57 +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: I've recently purchased a Dell vostro 3350 laptop, and to save battery, I was planning to disable wifi, when it wasn't required. On my old laptop I could use the rfkill package like so: rfkill block wifi Mmm, some wifi adapters also

Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-08 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, I've recently purchased a Dell vostro 3350 laptop, and to save battery, I was planning to disable wifi, when it wasn't required. On my old laptop I could use the rfkill package like so: rfkill block wifi But it seems to have no effect on my Dell. The wifi hot key on the laptop does not

Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-08 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 01:44:57AM BST, Daniel Dalton wrote: Hi, I've recently purchased a Dell vostro 3350 laptop, and to save battery, I was planning to disable wifi, when it wasn't required. On my old laptop I could use the rfkill package like so: rfkill block wifi What does rfkill