[ltp] T41p: APM & ATI fglrx

[Sebastian Riedel]

Didrik Pinte wrote:

>Le ven 25/06/2004 à 18:05, Charles Gillet a écrit :
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>>I thought that another reason to use fglrx was because it knew how to 
>>throttle back the graphics chips so the cooling fan wouldn't be buzzing 
>>all the time ... and not using as much battery.  Can someone on the list 
>>say definitively that this is or is not the case?  I *think* I'm getting 
>>longer battery life with fglrx, but don't unplug all that often.
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>>-charles
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>On my R50, suspend works well with fglrx. It is right that the fan is
>working less using fglrx ! I've seen a real difference using fglrx
>instead of radeon. In terms of battery life, I do not think it's really
>true.
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Thats interesting, for me suspend seems to work, but a few seconds after 
resume
the xserver always freezes.

Could you please post your config files and version numbers?

>Didrik
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Cheers,
Sebastian