Dear listmembers, when trying to optimize openSUSE 10.2 on my X60 (please see http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_openSUSE_10.2_on_a_ThinkPad_X60 for my findings) I stumbled over some "Ungereimtheiten" - please translate whoever can :-): 1.) Both zen-updater and opensuseupdater continuously keep loading the battery through wakeup events - IMHO one event every hour should be more than enough for such a tool. 2.) The kernel lacks several settings for optimizing the power consumption, these are specifically: CONFIG_TICK_ONESHOT=y CONFIG_NO_HZ=y CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND=y For powertop: CONFIG_TIMER_STATS=y Why aren't those activated? Stability issues? Activating the kernel parameters and playing around with powertop brought me from ~15W power consumption in battery operation mode down to ~10W (lenovo thinkpad). This is something other laptop users might want to profit from. Any comments? Should I open bug reports for these? Thank you very much, take care Dieter Jurzitza -- ----------------------------------------------------------- | \ /\_/\ | | ~x~ |/-----\ / \ /- \_/ ^^__ _ / _ ____ / <°°__ \- \_/ | |/ | | || || _| _| _| _| if you really want to see the pictures above - use some font with constant spacing like courier! :-) ----------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-mobile+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-mobile+help@opensuse.org