From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752331AbXBDNf0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Feb 2007 08:35:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752335AbXBDNf0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Feb 2007 08:35:26 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:42588 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752332AbXBDNf0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Feb 2007 08:35:26 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 14:35:19 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Casper Bruun Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Battery life on Lenovo X60s Message-ID: <20070204133519.GA2028@elf.ucw.cz> References: <811fe5c70702031134r598171c9mee978fba22e2e3f2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <811fe5c70702031134r598171c9mee978fba22e2e3f2@mail.gmail.com> 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 Hi! > I and many others are having problems with battery life on the Lenovo > X60s laptop. > > There have been several threads concerning this on Nabble, thinkwiki > and many other Linux sites, and the problem has always been the same: > Linux draw significantly more power than XP on this particular > laptop. You did not do your research. I had "8 hours on your lap[top]" presentation, exactly about thinkpad x60. Solve any cpu frequency scaling problems you may have... then unload usb. If you want to be fancy, ask Tejun for SATA powersave stuff... Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html