Re: [Slightly OT] Laptop battery draining in Lenny
When the date was Friday 30 of July 2010, Mark wrote:
> I am curious how others on this list manage their laptop batteries while
> using Debian. From doing some research, there doesn't appear to be many
> (if any) software solutions for draining a laptop battery completely,
> before recharging. So what do people on this list do - just keep
> running Debian on battery power until the battery totally dies, which
> sometimes doesn't give you ample time to shut down properly? Or do you
> shutdown when the battery reaches, say, 5%?
Just use a resistor to fully discharge the battery.
Michael
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