Hi all :-)
Novice FreeBSD user here, but I absolutely love it. Thanks to Sam Leffler I
managed to get my RELENG_6 kernel patched to support my new Atheros wireless
card and everything except one really annoying problem is resolved..
I am running a Dell D600 Latitude laptop (2.0ghz Pentium
I am running a Dell D600 Latitude laptop [...] Here in FreeBSD, my
fans are running FULL SPEED all of the time and also seems to be
hotter than many conventional ovens.
I'm on a Dell Inspiron 8600C (which is the cheaper consumer-grade
version of your laptop) and it runs nice and cool for me.
On 2/20/06, Ryan R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am running a Dell D600 Latitude laptop (2.0ghz Pentium Mobile) and
dual-boot Windows. In Windows, I get about 3 hours and 30 minutes roughly
of battery time when I am not plugged into the AC Power, but in FreeBSD I
get around only 1. In Windows,
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:51:43 +1100
From: Dave Symonds [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 2/20/06, Ryan R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am running a Dell D600 Latitude laptop (2.0ghz Pentium Mobile) and
dual-boot Windows. In Windows, I get about 3 hours and 30 minutes roughl=
On 2/20/06, Kevin Oberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are many things that can help.
First, I don't see a reason for -a adaptive on powerd. If you are
plugged in, why cut performance?
Often my laptop is not doing anything, so I drop the speed to minimise
power consumption, and thus heat
