[ltp] Does APM still work on 2.6?

Aaron Mulder linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 13 May 2004 19:59:18 -0400 (EDT)


On Thu, 13 May 2004, Crispin Cowan wrote:
> Stock SuSE 9.1 Pro (Linux 2.6.4-52-default) worked out of the box. 
> Battery life WRT computation is excellent; the powerscaling is 
> definitely running. Battery life while sleeping definitely sucks, it 
> burns between 6% and 10% per *hour* while suspended to RAM. Suspend to 
> disk does not work.

	See -- this is my problem.  I can leave my machine suspended for 
days now, with little noticeable battery drain.  Why would I want to 
"upgrade" and be limited to 10 hours?  This is why I'd like to upgrade to 
9.1 but disable ACPI and have APM work just like it does now.

Aaron