On 07/12/2007, Debian Abuser <agent.one@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello everyone: > > Since I upgraded to Fedora 8 I notice battery life of my ThinkPad T61 > strongly reduced. Even with the 9-cell battery I rarely go over 4,5hrs of > life compared to 7+ hrs before; Naturally, I started "hunting" for the cause > of this. What I discovered is that the wireless is permanently on, > regardless if the hardware switch on the front of the laptop is ON or OFF. > Strangely enough, the Bluetooth is responsive to flipping the switch. > At least you still have your wireless device 802.11x recognised by lspci. Mine has completely gone missing but bluetooth is responsive ( recognised as a USB device ) to the laptop's "wireless switch" which is in front of the laptop. Not sure why this is yet and am running F7. Both bluetooth and 802.11g are Broadcom devices. John
