[ltp] R50 - debian sid - acpi

Brad Langhorst linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:10:33 -0500


On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 13:51 +0100, Didrik Pinte wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> With the latest official Debian/Sid kernel (2.6.10), ACPI runs without a
> perfectly on my R50.
> 
> EXCEPT :
> 
> when sleeping it eats all my battery really quickly (nearly 100% in one
> night).
> 
> It seems to be a problem with high power drain in ACPI sleep
> (http://www.thinkwiki.org/Problem_with_high_power_drain_in_ACPI_sleep).
> 
> Has anybody an idea on how to correct the problem ? The thinkwiki
> homepage suggest some solution with customized kernel's.
you must use the custom kernel to get the radeon to suspend to D2 state


brad