Re: modem works!, battery drains fast?
On 3 Jan, this message from Michel Dänzer echoed through cyberspace:
>> > > I didn't tweak any bdflush parameters (tried that before disabling the
>> > > crazy services and it didn't help).
>> >
>> > Would that be via /proc/sys/vm/bdflush? What do the numbers mean?
>>
>> look in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysctl/* notably vm.txt for the bdflush
>> thing.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Does anyone use special bdflush settings for powersaving?
I do, at work on a Compaq laptop. Since the kernel is stable, I have
bdflush set to sync every 3600 secs or so... it's risky, but hey ;-)
Also, on that installation (still Redhat 6.0) I changed the way bdflush
is called from the init scripts to have different timeout values. In
other words, I have a bdflush process running. Might be different on 2.4
kernels, since you talk about some /proc thing...
Michel
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