Ubuntu 7.10 IBM T60p laptop Power saving settings problem

[Florian Diesch]

"semaj" <semaj3000 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> When I boot to Ubuntu mostly stock only when on battery power the screen
> dims after 2 or 5 minutes. It dims so dark I cant use it.  I can change the
> screen brightness again using FN + HOME keys but it will revert again. How
> do  I set the screen to full brightness by default even on battery?
>
> Also when I run windows I get 3 to 4 hours of battery life and on UBUNTU I
> get 1:30 to 2 hours doing the exact same work.  I know ibm makes drivers for
> Open suse called SLED10 I think but is there anything for IBM or do I need
> to look at OpenSUSE to utilize power management?

Maybe <http://www.thinkwiki.org/> can help you.



   Florian
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