[ltp] Does APM still work on 2.6?

[Crispin Cowan]

Aaron Mulder wrote:

>On Thu, 13 May 2004, Crispin Cowan wrote:
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>>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.
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>	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.
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I dunnow. I *never* leave my machine suspended for that long, and when 
it is suspended for any period of time, it is plugged in. The only time 
it spends sleeping without power is when I'm walking somewhere or when 
the flight attendant makes me shut it down :)

Repeated draining of your batteries (running them through a lot of 
discharge/charge cycles) is not good for their lifespan. If you are 
going to leave your computer for days, either power it off completely or 
plug it in.

Crispin

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