Re: Synaptics PS/2 driver and 2.6.0-test11

Dmitry Torokhov
2003-11-30T23:27:00Z

On Sunday 30 November 2003 05:39 pm, Lukas Hejtmanek wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 05:28:10PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Are you using ACPI? Does it work without ACPI? Do you have an
> > application that periodically polls battery state or temperature?
> > From what I've seen many laptops spend considerable amount of time in
> > BIOS when checking battery state...
>
> I'm using ACPI both in 2.4.22 and 2.6.0. I'm using battery_applet
> (gnome applet) for testing battery state.
>
> I will try it. Is acpi=off at boot time enough for that?

How often does battery_applet poll the battery? Start with polling the
battery less often, let's say every 3 minutes and see if the problem goes
away.

Dmitry