From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 11 10:54:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55F3016A420 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:54:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roth@droopy.unibe.ch) Received: from mailhub04.unibe.ch (mailhub04.unibe.ch [130.92.9.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5B8243D46 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:54:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roth@droopy.unibe.ch) Received: from localhost (scanhub02-eth0.unibe.ch [130.92.254.66]) by mailhub04.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC74E1BE82; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:54:40 +0100 (CET) Received: from mailhub04.unibe.ch ([130.92.9.71]) by localhost (scanhub02.unibe.ch [130.92.254.66]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 13239-05-91; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:54:38 +0100 (CET) Received: from asterix.unibe.ch (asterix.unibe.ch [130.92.64.4]) by mailhub04.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FF881C19B; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:54:38 +0100 (CET) Received: from droopy.unibe.ch (droopy [130.92.64.20]) by asterix.unibe.ch (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k1BAsc8Z028974; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:54:38 +0100 (MET) Received: (from roth@localhost) by droopy.unibe.ch (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id k1BAscxO017379; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:54:38 +0100 (MET) Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:54:38 +0100 From: Tobias Roth To: Gregers Petersen Message-ID: <20060211105438.GA17363@droopy.unibe.ch> Mail-Followup-To: Gregers Petersen , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <43ED0047.4030207@cbs.dk> <20060210230330.6907A45041@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060210230330.6907A45041@ptavv.es.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-message-flag: Warning! Using Outlook is insecure and promotes virus distribution. Please use a different email client. X-Virus-checked: by University of Berne Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Power-drain during suspend? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:54:43 -0000 On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 03:03:30PM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:06:15 +0100 > > From: Gregers Petersen > > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > > > Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > > >>>>> hw.pci.do_power_nodriver=[1|2|3] > > > > I have been changing the setting of the above to '3' - and done a bit of > > "testing" with suspend/resume. > > The result is not much different from before, the R51 still "eats" the > > battery after 6-7 hours of suspend :-/ > > I have tried to suspend without X.org running to test if this had any > > effect, but there is no clear difference - and I end up with pusslement. > > > > Any suggestions about what else I could try out ? > > Are you using radeontool and turning off both the DAC and the display > (assuming you have a Radeon video chip)? It saves a quite a bit of > power. Other than that, I'm not sure what to suggest. > > Sorry, but maybe someone else has a better idea. Wasn't there an issue with usb drivers not being able to properly shut down and put into powersave mode all connected devices? Has that been remedied? If not you could try removing everything usb-related from your kernel, and making sure no usb modules are loaded and test again. cheers, Tobias