On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 11:33, Daniel Dui wrote: > On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 16:25, David Hart wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 11:22, Daniel Dui wrote: > > > Works fine on my Dell latitude C600. The only problem is that the > > > battery life with linux is not nearly as long as under windows xp. > > > AFAIK, this problem is common to all laptops because Dell, Toshiba, IBM, > > > Compaq, and the rest seem make quite good power management drivers for > > > windows, but not for Linux.
If I were you I would custom compile a kernel. I don't recall which features are built into the stock compilation but I don't think they include Advanced Power Management which is supported. There are some Dell-laptop-specific compilation options as well. It's worth the hour that it will take. I have a dual-boot Dell laptop that is getting what seems to be the same battery life in Linux and Windows but I haven't really tested. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
