From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 11 02:45:11 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC1E7F46; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:45:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com) Received: from alogreentechnologies.com (alogreentechnologies.com [67.212.224.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A8608FC08; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:45:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from X220.ovitrap.com ([122.129.201.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by alogreentechnologies.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id q9B2ix4o017781; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:45:01 -0600 Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:44:59 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky To: =?UTF-8?B?0JvRjtCx0L7QvNC40YAg0JPRgNC40LPQvtGA0L7Qsg==?= Subject: Re: x220 notes Message-ID: <20121011094459.12ee1653@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: References: <4E836C06.9070405@gmail.com> <4F7A46DB.4050701@gmail.com> <4F7A8A99.4040603@gmail.com> <20120403210619.Q2060@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <4F7DAAB0.2010206@gmail.com> <4F7E2D5C.3020506@gmail.com> <4F7F9504.1030405@gmail.com> <20120814102409.7dc335b8@X220.ovitrap.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: sendtomatt@gmail.com, freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:45:11 -0000 Hi, On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:26:58 -0700 =D0=9B=D1=8E=D0=B1=D0=BE=D0=BC=D0=B8=D1=80 =D0=93=D1=80=D0=B8=D0=B3=D0=BE= =D1=80=D0=BE=D0=B2 wrote: > Hi, I am now running 10 HEAD with latest committed KMS patch. I must admit that I did not update this machine since some time. >=20 > I do not use currently suspend and resume on my X220. I use a script > > for the brightness which makes it easy to handle for me. > > > I am still stuck with: > - add LEN0086 to acpi_ibm > - recompile > - kldload acpi_call > - acpi_call -p '\VBRC' -i n // n is 0-16 >=20 > Can you share the script you have made, especially if you were able > to bind hotkeys to it? >=20 The scripts are still available here http://www.alogreentechnologies.com/freebsd/XonX220 http://www.alogreentechnologies.com/freebsd/setbrightness I never tried to bind the script to keys. I made some menu items in blackbox which works for me. >=20 > > There is a fundamental problem with powerd which stops a notebook to > > get better battery life time. powerd does not include the display > > brightness and it does not inlcude user activities in its process to > > regulate the CPU speed. In addition, the algorithm to find the best > > CPU speed gets easily irritated with short bursts of peak > > performance requirements. > > > > Erich > > > I do lose about 1-2 hours of battery time as opposed to Windows(I get > 7-8 hours there) due to those same bursts of performance, despite > running the adaptive profiles. My main concern is manual control of > brightness though. >=20 You lose only 1-2h? I lose at least 2h. I have had several tries to make it better but got always held up by other things. My last attempts have still been with the Crusoe CPU. They gave the machine near XP battery times but needed manual interaction. So, I never published them. Erich