Compaq Presario 2199US (2100) problem

[Josh King]

On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 23:11 -0600, Ognen Duzlevski wrote:
> Anyone? Noone? Oh well... :(
> Ognen
> 
> On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 17:55 -0600, Ognen Duzlevski wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I wrote several weeks ago about my laptop problem with Ubuntu: basically
> > the battery drains in 45 min. to hour when running Ubuntu on it. In
> > Windows XP it lasts at least 2 hours, if not more.
> > 
> > Also, I am unable to send the system to hibernation or stand-by. It
> > looks like it is working (falls asleep) but when I try to wake it up, it
> > basically has the black screen and nothing seems to work until a reboot.
> > Nothing gets logged in /var/log/messages
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Attached is my dmesg and also my lspci -vvv
> > 
> > Also , there is a third problem. The touchpad is so sensitive
> > and fast, it is easy to click on something just by looking at the touchpad :)
> > (and yes, I have the mouse speed set to slowest and sensitivity to
> > least). This problem gets cured by rmmod psmouse and then modprobe psmouse. But after this the double-click
> > on the touchpad doesn't work and I have to use the mouse buttons.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Ognen


 Well I have a Presario 2105 that may be similar, but my battery life is
pretty close to what it got under Windows.

Is your processor fan always on? Frequency scaling working? Any other
signs of anything that would drain power that quickly?

I have yet to get hibernation or standby to work at all either, with
similar results to yours. The wonky ACPI in this machine is enough to
make me scream sometimes.

IIRC there are a few settings you can adjust to change the
speed/sensitivity of the touchpad. I don't recall exactly what, but
Google should be able to help you out.