Re: Debian etch with 2.6 kernel on Inspiron 600m battery life
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:05:56 +0100
sven.debian-laptop@huster.me.uk wrote:
> * Prepaid <prepaid@gmail.com> [2006-04-21 13:42:25 -0400]:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > So I just recently installed Debian Etch with a 2.6 kernel on my
> > Inspiron 600m. I got everything all working with X11 and wireless.
> > But the issue that I'm having it the battery life in Linux is about
> > half that of what I was getting in Windows. I have setup CPU
> > thorottling to 50% through KDE but I still get about half the
> > battery life that I was getting in Windows..
>
> Have a look at 'cpufreqd' for dynamic scaling/throttling of the CPU
> Also 'laptop-mode-tools' might be something for you although I've not
> really looking into it
>
> Sven
>
try to add the following lines in /etc/modules
cpufreq-userspace
powernow-k7 (if you have a k7 processor)
those hints will enable the processor scaling
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