From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965636AbWIRKLW (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:11:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965635AbWIRKLW (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:11:22 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:12520 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965637AbWIRKLV (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:11:21 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:11:13 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: kernel list Subject: Re: 8 hours of battery life on thinkpad x60 Message-ID: <20060918101113.GM3746@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20060917194118.GA3477@elf.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon 2006-09-18 09:44:54, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > >I did a presentation about getting 8 hours of runtime out of common > >notebooks. You can get it at > > So if I use an uncommon notebook with an uncommon battery (SONY > PCGA-BP3U - 59070 mWh - 7 hours average) how much more am I supposed to > get? I can't tell, without seeing your machine. > present rate: 8029 mW (currently WLAN + Webradio) Turn down wlan and you should be able to have one more hour... Go after drivers, and find the ones that do not power their hardware down properly and you can get another hour or so... Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html