I made a clean install of SuSE 9.3 on my IBM thinkpad A20M laptop. It previously had 8.2. The battery drains unmercifully when in APM mode whenever I close the lid. It doesn't fully charge in ACPI mode. I use configure-thinkpad in APM mode and powersaved in ACPI mode. Currently the laptop is useless because it must be on AC all the thim or I have to shut it off so that the sleep mode dosn't drain the battery in a couple of hours. tia, KurtRR
On Monday 13 June 2005 04:35 pm, Kurt R. Rahlfs wrote:
I made a clean install of SuSE 9.3 on my IBM thinkpad A20M laptop. It previously had 8.2. The battery drains unmercifully when in APM mode whenever I close the lid. It doesn't fully charge in ACPI mode. I use configure-thinkpad in APM mode and powersaved in ACPI mode.
Currently the laptop is useless because it must be on AC all the thim or I have to shut it off so that the sleep mode dosn't drain the battery in a couple of hours.
tia, KurtRR
I am currently installing 9.3 on my A20 and will report back.
Quoting Kurt R. Rahlfs <regist@affinityComputerMasters.com>:
I made a clean install of SuSE 9.3 on my IBM thinkpad A20M laptop. It previously had 8.2. The battery drains unmercifully when in APM mode whenever I close the lid. It doesn't fully charge in ACPI mode. I use configure-thinkpad in APM mode and powersaved in ACPI mode.
Discharge/recharge cycles are hard on lithium-ion batteries, so batteries are only recharged when the charge level is below a certain level, somewhere in the range of 90-95%, I think. This is my experience on a T41 w/ SuSE 9.2. HTH, Jeffrey
On Monday 13 June 2005 04:35 pm, Kurt R. Rahlfs wrote:
I made a clean install of SuSE 9.3 on my IBM thinkpad A20M laptop. It previously had 8.2. The battery drains unmercifully when in APM mode whenever I close the lid. It doesn't fully charge in ACPI mode. I use configure-thinkpad in APM mode and powersaved in ACPI mode.
Currently the laptop is useless because it must be on AC all the thim or I have to shut it off so that the sleep mode dosn't drain the battery in a couple of hours.
tia, KurtRR
Having now loaded 9.3 on an A20M and also an X30, I find that the 'suspend to disk' is working just fine on both. I did not change *any* settings using any programs or utilities with one exception: In YAST --> SYSTEM --> Power mgmt --> ACPI Settings you'll find that 'laptop's lid closing' defaults to 'start screen saver'. Seems kinda silly to me and sure would use power under those conditions. I changed that to be 'suspend to disk'. Works fine on both laptops.
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