[ubuntu-uk] PowerTop settings
The only "bad" tunable I have is >> Bad Wireless Power Saving for interface wlan0 If I press Enter I get this: >> iw dev wlan0 set power_save on Is that a command I should issue, or is that what the setting is currently? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 13 October 2014 13:11, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > How do you find the battery life on your Lenovo x? > I have a Lenovo U410 and the battery life, even with TPL installed never > goes much over 3 hours...which is a pita I can get 3 hours repeatably, but this is not light-use. There's normally a bit of software compilation, 3G device tethering, and probably phone charging, with base consumption about 16W according to powertop. I've found with mine that fancontrol can make a huge difference. The main fan sucks up about 8W on its lowest setting according to powertop (and the secondary some more), so setting fancontrol to activate a little higher than normal (60C or so rather than 45C) saves huge amounts of power; during normal use mine won't go much higher than 55C anyway. J -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
On 07/10/14 13:35, Liam Proven wrote: Cool. Well, I hope it's all right and that you have no problems with it. It is a bit bigger than my old netbook, it's true, so a bit less portable, but it is /so/ much better as a computer -- better keyboard, better screen, much faster -- that I don't really mind. The chap that sold me mine suggested an SSD, as per Alan's suggestion, but it's quick enough for the light duties I put it to -- mainly writing. It has 4GB of RAM and seems to fly along with that for modest stuff. LibreOffice writer had some responsiveness issues so I've switched to Abiword, but otherwise, it's performing flawlessly. JOOI I saw some very minor screen corruption issues under 13.10 -- one character would sometimes get random "snow" in it, occasionally repeated in a few places around the screen. However the machine upgraded to 14.04 with no problems at all and this has fixed the issue. How do you find the battery life/ I have a Lenovo U410 which even with TLP installed rarely gets over 3 hours it's a PITA. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?
How do you find the battery life on your Lenovo x? I have a Lenovo U410 and the battery life, even with TPL installed never goes much over 3 hours...which is a pita Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 at 4:13 PM From: "J Fernyhough" To: "UK Ubuntu Talk" Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook? On 4 October 2014 16:00, Barry Drake wrote: > Thanks for that. I'm looking at an X220 on e-bay. The spec is terrific. > It's a bit bigger than I really wanted, but it is a possibility. What is > the overall height and width of your X61 please? > It was easier for me to search for this than actually measure it... ;) http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X61s http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/lenovo-thinkpad-x61-review/ Dimensions: 268 x 211 x 20-28 mm (10.5 x 8.3 x 0.8-1.1") Bear in mind that the later X series are widescreen so are... wider. J -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
