From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johan Vromans Subject: Re: UBUNTU - acpi battery on ACER TRAVELMATE 4000 WLMI Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:53:45 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.24]:39178 "EHLO smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932175AbWBAKxq (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 05:53:46 -0500 Received: from phoenix.squirrel.nl (sioban.xs4all.nl [82.92.147.177]) by smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k11Arjib078667 for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 11:53:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jv@squirrel.nl) In-Reply-To: (Len Brown's message of "Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:36:16 -0500") Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org "Brown, Len" writes: > It would provide power savings when on AC power. > While you might not notice this in your utility bill, > you may notice it in the tempearture or fan speed > of the system. Interesting. Would that be different (more, less, or otherwise different) from playing with the CPU frequency? My notebook is practically always running at its lowest speed anyway... -- Johan