Re: is anyone here using the new ubuntu, 11.10?

On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 11:13 +1300, Jaco wrote:
> >The interactions between power saving, screen locking and X seem to be 
> buggy, as does the dealing with an external monitor when using a laptop...
> 
> My experiences with power-management under Linux (regardless of distro) 
> has been absolutely appalling for years now, especially on mobile devices.
> 
> I've tried tweaking it with powertop & laptop_mode (& the like), with 
> limited success.
> 
> One of my machines is an (oldish) macbook pro, & under OS/X the 
> power-management is absolutely seamless & battery lasts me for hours; 
> under Linux I only get a fraction of the results with loads of 
> idiosyncrasies.
> Another of my machines is an HP mini netbook - windows' power-management 
> function are fine, but under Linux it's another dismal affair.
> 
> Maybe someone know the recipe to a secret sauce I don't
> 
> - J

didn't I read on /. that the power bug had just been fixed??

Steve

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