On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:57:44 +0100 Andy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Somebody in the thread at some point said: > | I was thinking of switching to the latest Om2008.9 from OM2007.2 > | because Om2008.9 resumes a lot quicker from suspend. However, the > | battery life with Om2008.9 is greatly reduced. This leads me to > | believe that Om2008.9 either isn't truly suspending--more of a > | standby--or just isn't suspending everything that OM2007.2 does. > | Anyone else experiencing the same thing? > | > | The one difference is that Om2008.9 was running from the microsd card. > | Would that make a difference as far as power usage during suspend? > > There's this new userspace power daemon that makes decisions about > backlight and suspend now. If it decides to just keep backlight "off" > for long periods, there's a bug in recent kernels that actually leaves but it doesnt ever decide that :) the problem is qpe halting apm suspends. the backlight is turned off and ompower has issues an apm -s command. irf you find your system with light off and "seemingly dead" but possibly still powered on - connect to usb, ssh in and check ps - see if 'apm -s' is running: ps -ef | grep apm if it is - you are victim of the "qpe halted suspend before it ever got to the kernel" bug. ompower is stuck waiting for apm -s to return (indicating resume) at which time it will turn the light back on. > the backlight slightly on (trying to avoid another bug in the PMU). I > fixed this tonight on another tree and will update stable with it later > or tomorrow. > > It might not be the whole story but it should help. > > - -Andy > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkjioNAACgkQOjLpvpq7dMpzdQCdH14VCgoAi0mwZdt3zNo/cXnd > A3gAoIMKQmiYrZKE2FiGbwBG77gyntDC > =DmKW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > support mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ support mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
