On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 12:22, jim lawrence wrote: > Hi, > i have a notebook and i use the battery monitor applet to well monitor > the battery life. I have 2 questions. > > 1. if I try to suspend I get the following error > The Suspend command '/usr/bin/apm -s' was unsuccessful You need to sort out if your laptop uses apm or acpi. Personally I have never gotten suspend to work on any laptop. Gave up and shutdown when I need to. > 2. it seems that the battery life drains really fast if I run just on > the battery. Is there a setting I can change so the battery won't get > drained so fast? How old is your battery? Batteries are doing good to have a life span of a year or two before you start seeing a decline is battery life. If you keep the laptop plugged in to a docking station or on AC power most of the time the battery can decline even faster. I try to run my laptop on battery only at least once or twice a day until it is down to 12 or 15 percent at least. It seems that by doing that I get longer up time when on battery. Currently I get anywhere from 2.5 to 3 hours or more when on battery. I think there are some power management features that you can tweak but I am not convinced it will really save you that much. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx I just ate a whole package of Sweet Tarts and a can of Coke. I think I saw God. -- B. Hathrume Duk
