> Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> > The ability to reduce the speed would be useful. I
> do notice the batteries die a lot quicker on this
> laptop (Sony VGN-SZ4XWN/C dual core 2.0 GHz Intgel
> Due 2 core T7200 CPU) when on Solaris than Vista.
> Do you have autopm enabled? If not, see
> power.conf(4).
>
Yes, it is enabled. But I'm not sure it is working.
bash-3.00$ grep -v ^# /etc/power.conf
device-dependency-property removable-media /dev/fb
autopm default
autoshutdown 30 9:00 9:00 default
The powerd daemon (/usr/lib/power/powerd) is running.
But it is certainly not shutting down after 30 mins.
I'm a bit confused by this in the power.conf man page:
" Device Power Management entries are only effective if there
is no user process controlling the device directly. For
example, X Windows systems directly control frame buffers.
The entries in the power.conf file are effective only when X
Windows is not running.
"
The sentance "The entries in the power.conf file are effective only when X
Windows is not running." says it will not work if X is running. Given 99% if
users are going to use X, that means the power management will almost never
work.
Or is that *supposed* to me the framebuffer entries will not work if X is
running? If so, the word framebuffer should be inserted in the man page. (I
also think graphics card or graphics chipset too, since few users of only
Solaris x86 will know what a framebuffer is. As a SPARC user, I do. ).
*IF* it is supposed to mean only the framebuffer related entries do not work,
perhaps something like:
"Device Power Management entries are only effective if there
is no user process controlling the device directly. For
example, X Windows systems directly control graphics card or graphics
chipsets (framebuffers on SPARC hardware).
The graphics entries in the power.conf file are effective only when X
Windows is not running."
Or if it really means all entries are disabled, then perhaps something like:
"Device Power Management entries are only effective if there
is no user process controlling the device directly. For
example, X Windows systems directly control graphics card or graphics
chipsets (framebuffers on SPARC hardware). All entries (not just those related
to graphics) are ignored when X Windows is running."
Perhaps I am being thick, but it is a bit confusing to me. Perhaps I should
submit this as an RFE.
One more thing. I think it would be useful if there was a forum specifically
addressing laptop users. I run Solaris 10 update 4 on my Blade 2000 and Solaris
Express Developer Edition 9/07 snv_70b X86 on my laptop. I have a completely
different set of issues on the laptop, which are very much going to be specific
to laptop users.
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