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[Andrew J <andrew.m.jackson@xxxxxxxxx>]

the wifi dropping connections thing had been driving me batty -- thanks so
much!

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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