[olug] Power Management for Linux Laptop

[Sean Edwards]

This may applyt to you or not, but the recommendataion
used to be that when running a laptop from battery to
disable the swap file with the swapoff command.

-=Sean Edwards=-

--- Jay Swackhamer <Jay at RebootTheUser.com> wrote:
> 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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