Hi Is there a reason why there are no laptop mode tools included in 10.0? I cannot find anything in Yast to do the same job. Regards Alistair
On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 02:59:57PM +0000, Alistair Hamilton wrote:
Hi
Is there a reason why there are no laptop mode tools included in 10.0? I cannot find anything in Yast to do the same job.
What tools do you mean? Everything should be there. Ciao, Marcus
On Monday 31 Oct 2005 15:56, Marcus Meissner wrote:
On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 02:59:57PM +0000, Alistair Hamilton wrote:
Hi
Is there a reason why there are no laptop mode tools included in 10.0? I cannot find anything in Yast to do the same job.
What tools do you mean? Everything should be there.
Ciao, Marcus
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There is no laptop_mode script to start/stop laptop mode, the ACPI event handlers are missing, and there is no config file under /etc/sysconfig. In fact, the only thing that there is, is kernel support. Regards Alistair
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Alistair Hamilton wrote:
There is no laptop_mode script to start/stop laptop mode, the ACPI event handlers are missing, and there is no config file under /etc/sysconfig. In fact, the only thing that there is, is kernel support.
Actually powersave should deliver the same functionally - but anyway, what features are you missing? Please file an enhancement request on bugzilla.novell.com. Regards Christoph
On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 21:55 +0100, Christoph Thiel wrote:
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Alistair Hamilton wrote:
There is no laptop_mode script to start/stop laptop mode, the ACPI event handlers are missing, and there is no config file under /etc/sysconfig. In fact, the only thing that there is, is kernel support.
Actually powersave should deliver the same functionally - but anyway, what features are you missing? Please file an enhancement request on bugzilla.novell.com.
Regards Christoph
Hi, Christoph What laptop_mode does is cache lots of disc accesses so allowing the hdd to spin down and thereby save battery. This is certainly a risky thing to do, since data can be lost. However, many people believe that the slight risk is worth the increased battery life. My wee Dell X1 is almost silent (no fan and an inaudible hda) and it is difficult to hear the disc. However, I think it runs all the time. The battery life is much shorter in Linux than in Windows. Past laptops of mine used other Linux distros that included laptop_mode, and enabling it, so spinning down the disc, improved battery life considerably. So, what I am missing is what laptop_mode does -- spin down the disc a lot of the time by caching slightly dangerously. Alistair
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Alistair Hamilton wrote:
What laptop_mode does is cache lots of disc accesses so allowing the hdd to spin down and thereby save battery. This is certainly a risky thing to do, since data can be lost. However, many people believe that the slight risk is worth the increased battery life.
My wee Dell X1 is almost silent (no fan and an inaudible hda) and it is difficult to hear the disc. However, I think it runs all the time. The battery life is much shorter in Linux than in Windows. Past laptops of mine used other Linux distros that included laptop_mode, and enabling it, so spinning down the disc, improved battery life considerably.
So, what I am missing is what laptop_mode does -- spin down the disc a lot of the time by caching slightly dangerously.
Have you had a look at /etc/sysconfig/powersave/disk yet? It should have all the options that you are looking for. Regards Christoph
On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 04:41:52PM +0000, Alistair Hamilton wrote:
On Monday 31 Oct 2005 15:56, Marcus Meissner wrote:
On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 02:59:57PM +0000, Alistair Hamilton wrote:
Hi
Is there a reason why there are no laptop mode tools included in 10.0? I cannot find anything in Yast to do the same job.
What tools do you mean? Everything should be there.
Ciao, Marcus
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There is no laptop_mode script to start/stop laptop mode, the ACPI event handlers are missing, and there is no config file under /etc/sysconfig. In fact, the only thing that there is, is kernel support.
I use SUSE on my Dell Inspiron 5150 Laptop, and I've never had a problem. I actually had 8.2 on there for a long time and never had a problem. Hell it works better on the Battery than Windows XP does which is what it came with. My Pentium 4 M @ a little over 3 GHz works great on it, and I actually get about 7 hours of Battery with SUSE. I found out because I forgot to shut it off one day and had power stuff all turned off, and when I got home it was a wee bit warm, but it had been on for more than 5 hours and the light on the battery was JUST then blinking to say it was low. I paid extra for that Battery but it was worth it, why by a laptop without buying a greta battery that's going to last? I mean that's the point of a laptop is using it without being on a desk. Man I'm rambling but it's Halloween and I had so much fun. Anyway, just pointing out that SUSE comes with everything you need. :) -Allen.
Regards Alistair
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