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Linux - Laptop and Netbook Having a problem installing or configuring Linux on your laptop? Need help running Linux on your netbook? This forum is for you. This forum is for any topics relating to Linux and either traditional laptops or netbooks (such as the Asus EEE PC, Everex CloudBook or MSI Wind).

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Old 11-14-2004, 09:19 PM   #1
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battery only lasts 2hours!! WIth WIndows it could do 6h


it is a brand new laptop that came with Windows
with windows it could go 6h on battery. ( 12 cell battery)
With linux the battery is dead after 2 or 2.5h !

Why?
 
Old 11-14-2004, 10:26 PM   #2
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Did you happen to enable power saving before shooting off this question?

Last edited by goofyheadedpunk; 11-14-2004 at 10:29 PM.
 
Old 11-14-2004, 10:27 PM   #3
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Also, look into a little thingy called "Laptop Mode", it's very cool.
 
Old 11-15-2004, 12:06 AM   #4
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i have acpi running.

but what other stuff can acpi do other than acpi -V?
 
Old 11-15-2004, 05:40 AM   #5
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use "laptop mode" and acpi; also, use the cpufreq processor scaling driver - you would probably get 6h under windows cause it switches off the harddrives unless absolutely necessary, and drops the cpu clock speed to its minimum; you can do the same with linux, using the cpufreq driver and some approproate daemon (such as cpufreqd, cpudynd or powernowd), some acpi event scripts, and laptop_mode. and don't forget to manually turn down your lcd brightness
 
Old 11-15-2004, 07:04 AM   #6
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where do i find that cpufreq driver ?
 
  


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