On 05/10/2007, C. K. <ck74@operamail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> Because i was busy with graphic card, software installation issues, i hav=
ent
> noticed untill today that battery life of new notebook is incredibly low.
>
> It has core duo processor. Battery life with MS Win is about 2 hours 45 m=
ins
> while it is about 1h 20 mins with netbsd 4.99.31

I also have worse battery life under NetBSD (4.99.28 for the last few
months). I tried 4.99.31 some days ago and was almost frightened - my
laptop got extremely hot... I believe there was some chat on one of
these lists about it.

Right now I am running 4.99.32 from half an hour ago and the laptop is
almost cool, so the latest env improvements apparently have trickled
in, or so I hope...

>
> This is really bad, so i believe there is problem somewhere. APM shows th=
ere
> are two batteries.
>
>
> Is there anything i can do, to have longer battery life when AC is not
> plugged in?

I don't know how much this will help in practice, but I have

/sbin/sysctl -w machdep.est.frequency.target=3D1000

in the "released)" case in /etc/powerd/scripts/acadapter script.

>
>
>
> -------------------------
> ACPI 3.0 CPU power management standard: supports Standby and Hibernation
> power-saving modes
> 44W 6-cell or 71W 8 cell Li-ion battery pack
> Up to 3-hour battery life with 8-cell battery and dedicated graphics
> =95 80% charge in 1 hour
> =95 2-hour rapid charge system-off
> =95 3-hour charge-in-use
> (for models with dedicated graphics only)
> =95 2.5-hour rapid charge system-off
> =95 3.5-hour charge-in-use
> (for models with shared graphics)
> -------------------------
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
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Chavdar Ivanov