[ltp] X61 or X61s (loud fan)

[Sebastian Geiger]

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Christian Fromme wrote:
>   
>> You can get rid of the heat at least partly with:
>>
>> # iwconfig wlan0 txpower 10
>>
>> or similar. Help on mine.
>>     
>
> txpower 5 selects battery mode (the one that saves more power AFAIK), but
> any of them (on a card that supports it) will help.  It *will* decrease WiFi
> throughput, obviously.
>
>   
>> After writing back and forth with my supplier www.business-laptops.de who
>> was *very* helpful and great, I decided to give the X61s a try. It'll
>> arrive next week and I will write a follow-up to tell you how I got along.
>>     
>
> Just make sure to use it with 2.6.25.16 (not 2.6.26.x, x < 4), and to use
> the very latest BIOS (if the box comes with Windows, don't wipe it out at
> first.  Run it and let it update the entire box.  I will even suggest that
> you keep a windows partition around to compare Linux behaviour with Windows
> behaviour for a while, until you are secure on the knowledge everything is
> acting as it should in Linux).
>
>   
I just stumbled over this mail, is the fact that you mention 2.6.25.16 
related to suspend not working on 2.6.26.x, x<4? or ist that a different 
issue? Because sind I updated Gentoo this week I can not suspend to RAM 
anymore (PC wont wake up).

Best Regards
Sebastian