On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 04:17:01PM +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote: > > . x61s with windows xp > wifi on but not connected to any network, bluetooth on, > display is in the less brighten state. > > . x61s with ubuntu 8.04 > all radios off (modules removed and hw switch off), > display is in the less brighten state. > powertop runned and I did what it suggested me > to do. Also did some other stuff from thinkwiki on > how to reduce power consumption. You didn't say which battery you are using; I'm guessing you are using the 4 cell slim-line battery, which is rated at 28.8 Watt-hours? How many Watts is Powertop reporting that you are using? I'm down to around 8-9 watts, and around 9.5 watts in "airplane mail reading mail" (wireless disabled, USB modules unloaded, screen brightness turned way down, laptop_mode enabled, all mail messages pulled into memory, and reading/deleting mail using mutt, a character-mode based mail reader --- if you use Evolution, your energy usage will definitely be higher :-). > Well, what could still be using the system power so > much ? See http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2007/10/29/tip-o-the-hat-wag-o-the-finger-linux-power-savings-for-laptop-users/ - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
