[ILUG] Battery Test - normal work

[Steven Satelle (Service Desk)]

Conor Wynne wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I decided to test my laptop from full charge D500, centrino jobby.
> 
> I booted it at 10.47 am, ran all day to right now -> still on battery
> and I now have to think about charging it. At least I have another 10
> minutes left. So how man - went into hibernation as I was typing,
> have now restored - obviously. Its now 15.08PM
> 
> Thats impressive performance I must say, did a good few reboots, not
> just office work.
> 
> Thought I would let yall know.
> 
> Conor Wynne
> Dublin
> Irlande.

What kernel are you using (and what distro)? I have a cheap toshiba and the
pm doesnt work at all, I've yet to test on 2.6 but 2.4 and suspend just
hangs, forget about hibernate

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