On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 01:24:27PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > > But "Dynticks" were introduced recently. Most people, even without dynticks, > have had good battery backup. it might not be your case - I'd give it a try with old, 'normal' options. possibly, try also an older kernel, say 2.6.18 I, for one, have not managed to get any 2.6.22.* to even boot on a few laptops, yet. -- paolo