Re: problem with APM on a Vaio FX501

[Thomas Seyrat <thomas@glou.net>]

shoegoo3 wrote:
> APM stuff is not working fine: the battery has a very short life-time when 
> I use my laptop unplugged.

  This is a known problem on this series of VAIOs, such as FX301, 401,
  etc.

  In fact, all the battery consuming elements are controlled through the
  ACPI interface, thus, power management is not 100% functional yet.
  Plus, Sony put very low autonomy batteries by default on these models
  which provide, even when running an OS communicating through ACPI,
  about one hour of spare time.

-- 
Thomas Seyrat.