Re: Debian etch with 2.6 kernel on Inspiron 600m battery life
* 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
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