[olug] Power Management for Linux Laptop

[Jay Swackhamer]

What are the specs on the laptop?

If it's somewhat newer you should be using the acpi power management(dont
know if it's enabled in Knoppix, I'll try it later when I get to the
store,
I'm in the middle of setting up our new Athlon64 notebooks, so I'll know
more soon)

If it's newer you should also look for a cpu frequency adjustment daemon.
cpufreq/speedfreq/cpudyn

>
>
> Running Knopppix 3.3 on a Avertec laptop, and I have a
> burning issue, literally.
>
> I've enabled apm as a power manager within the kernel
> and have the daemon startup upon boot, but the laptop
> still gets very hot and the cooling fans runs all of
> the time on it.
>
> If I run apm -M, I only get this output
>
> Line:  on
> Battery: -1% (?)
>
> Not sure what this means.
>
> Also I've installed a doc app called wmapm to display
> battery life but the output is never updated, nor
> accurate.
>
> Any ideas or input from fellow Linux laptop users on
> any of this?
>
> thanks
>
>
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