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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

reposting:

Wifi dropping connections in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic). A team member suggests:
sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-karmic

Laptop brightness control in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic). A team member suggests:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-power-manager
do a reboot, then
sudo apt-get install gnome-power-manager

Longer battery time. A team member suggests:
http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/01/16/cpu-scaling-ubuntu-battery-life-and-you-how-to-scale-your-cpu/
Also, set the overclocking to 0% in the BIOS menu.

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Ming-Wei Chang <mchang21@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> I can confirm that installing packport packages improves the wifi
> quality significantly.
>
> Unfortunately, the laptop brightness control fix is not working for me.
>
> Could you post again the tricks of making battery life longer? The URL
> you post is no longer working. I have a ul30a-x5. In windows, the
> battery life is greater than 8 hours. In ubuntu, the battery life is
> around 6 to 7 hours.
>
>
> Ming-Wei
>
> Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> I've added different possible fixes to the Asus UL30 team page:
>>
>> Wifi dropping connections in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic). A team member suggests:
>> sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-karmic
>>
>> Laptop brightness control in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic). A team member suggests:
>> sudo apt-get remove gnome-power-manager
>> do a reboot, then
>> sudo apt-get install gnome-power-manager
>>
>> Longer battery time. A team member suggests:
>> http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/01/16/cp...cale-your-cpu/
>> Also, set the overclocking to 0% in the BIOS menu.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Albert.
>>
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