On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 11:06:27PM +0200, nodata wrote: > Suggestion: Disable 'hal' from polling your cdrom with: > hal-disable-polling /dev/scd0 'hal' is the component that > auto-opens a > window if you plug in a CD but disables SATA power saving from kicking > in. Hal burns power on many laptops - as it stops the CD drive sleeping of its own accord. However while it fashionable to bash the authors that one isn't really their fault. Its also something vendors recognize is a real problem and upcoming hardware has some sanely designed asynchronous notification handling so the drive can wake up, chew the disk and wake the OS without polling. > Suggestion: enable AC97 powersave mode by executing the following > command: > echo 1 > /sys/module/snd_ac97_codec/parameters/power_save > or by passing power_save=1 as module parameter. This really ought to be the default. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
