[ltp] X60 - (bad) experience, others?
Adrian Walker
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 3 Feb 2008 15:05:26 -0500
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Hi All --
Now that's a mystery. On my X60s, Linux Fedora Core6 yields much _longer_
battery life than Vista.
Maybe different Linux versions differ in this regard?
Cheers, -- Adrian
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On 2/3/08, Tim Niemeyer <tim.niemeyer@mastersword.de> wrote:
>
> Hallo Ari,
>
> I have a X61s and have the same problems...
> What makes this difference on power consumption between windows and linux?
>
> * Ari El <ari.reads@gmail.com> [02-02-08 12:16]:
> > From: Ari El <ari.reads@gmail.com>
> > To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> > Subject: Re: [ltp] X60 - (bad) experience, others?
> > Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:16:07 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >
> > I have an X60s (1702, Core Duo (not core2)) with and 8-cell battery
> pack.
> >
> > What I'd say is: the bad experience on the X60s is with Linux. The
> machine
> > itself is awesome.
> >
> > I've had it for a year and a half; with WinXP it is really fast for most
> > purposes, runs cold, and after all this time it is still giving me 8 to
> 9h
> > of battery life when used for writing (word) and light surfing (wireless
> > on), 30 or 40% brightness. Consumption averages an awesome 7.5W, and
> I've
> > seen it going to 6W with wireless off. It wakes up from hibernation in
> 15
> > seconds or so. And all this is with no SSD drive... yet!
> >
> > I installed dual-boot Linux in the x60s the day I bought it, and kept
> > re-installing all new ubuntu releases. Everything basically works (save
> for
> > the fingerprint reader, although I heard it is possible to make it
> work).
> > Even after tweaking, power consumption averages 10 to 11W for the same
> usage
> > pattern as above.
> >
> > I bought the machine to carry it around, so I'm still booting winxp on
> it. I
> > can't wait for the day linux will give me a comparable battery life. I
> > switched to linux in every other machine at the office and at home, but
> not
> > in my x60s, yet.
> >
> > I'm sure powertop, the tickless kernel mode and other good work of
> intel
> > and other folks will eventually trickle down the chain and we will
> > eventually get there. I thought this was going to faster though.
> I don't think this things will help for longer battery life... :-(
>
>
> Tim Niemeyer
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Hi All --<br>
<br>
Now that's a mystery. On my X60s, Linux Fedora Core6 yields much _longer_ battery life than Vista.<br>
<br>
Maybe different Linux versions differ in this regard?<br>
<br>
Cheers, -- Adrian<br>
<br>
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Adrian Walker<br>
Reengineering<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/3/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tim Niemeyer</b> <<a href="mailto:tim.niemeyer@mastersword.de">tim.niemeyer@mastersword.de</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hallo Ari,<br><br>I have a X61s and have the same problems...<br>What makes this difference on power consumption between windows and linux?<br><br>* Ari El <<a href="mailto:ari.reads@gmail.com">ari.reads@gmail.com</a>> [02-02-08 12:16]:<br>
> From: Ari El <<a href="mailto:ari.reads@gmail.com">ari.reads@gmail.com</a>><br>> To: <a href="mailto:linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org">linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org</a><br>> Subject: Re: [ltp] X60 - (bad) experience, others?<br>
> Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:16:07 -0800 (PST)<br>><br>><br>> I have an X60s (1702, Core Duo (not core2)) with and 8-cell battery pack.<br>><br>> What I'd say is: the bad experience on the X60s is with Linux. The machine<br>
> itself is awesome.<br>><br>> I've had it for a year and a half; with WinXP it is really fast for most<br>> purposes, runs cold, and after all this time it is still giving me 8 to 9h<br>> of battery life when used for writing (word) and light surfing (wireless<br>
> on), 30 or 40% brightness. Consumption averages an awesome 7.5W, and I've<br>> seen it going to 6W with wireless off. It wakes up from hibernation in 15<br>> seconds or so. And all this is with no SSD drive... yet!<br>
><br>> I installed dual-boot Linux in the x60s the day I bought it, and kept<br>> re-installing all new ubuntu releases. Everything basically works (save for<br>> the fingerprint reader, although I heard it is possible to make it work).<br>
> Even after tweaking, power consumption averages 10 to 11W for the same usage<br>> pattern as above.<br>><br>> I bought the machine to carry it around, so I'm still booting winxp on it. I<br>> can't wait for the day linux will give me a comparable battery life. I<br>
> switched to linux in every other machine at the office and at home, but not<br>> in my x60s, yet.<br>><br>> I'm sure powertop, the tickless kernel mode and other good work of intel<br>> and other folks will eventually trickle down the chain and we will<br>
> eventually get there. I thought this was going to faster though.<br>I don't think this things will help for longer battery life... :-(<br><br><br>Tim Niemeyer<br><br>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<br>Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)<br>
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