[Laptop] Battery Time
Jessica Mahoney
root at varusonline.com
Thu Nov 29 10:44:17 PST 2007
Alaksiej,
I used Kubuntu 7.04 for the linux system. For FreeBSD, I had to use
FreeBSD 7.0, since FreeBSD 6.2-R could not boot (no matter what I did,
it just wouldn't work). As for the laptop's hardware, it came with a
Broadcom BCM4321AG (14e4:4328) Mini-PCIe card, which I removed since it
doesn't work at all in FreeBSD and constantly dropped the connection in
Linux. For wireless, I'm now using a Linksys WUSBF54G, which requires
the zyd(4) module. Other than that, the machine is all OEM.
Why FreeBSD 6.2-R would not work:
Normal boot: hardlock on attach of hard drive (ad4)
ACPI Disabled: hardlock on attach of network (nfe0)
ACPI and nfe disabled: hardlock on attach of hard drive (ad4)
FreeBSD 6.2-R does not seem to like the nVidia MCP51 Serial ATA
controller, but FreeBSD 7.0 is just fine. Started with FreeBSD
7.0-CURRENT 200709 and now have 7.0-BETA3. Must use GRUB to load the
loader (but the CD boots fine).
~Jessica
Alaksiej C wrote:
> Thanks Jessica, it's interesting. Would you please attach some details
> (linux distro, FreeBSD version, out-of-the-box or tweaked)? I will you
> use it to persuade my linux-loving friend :)
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> On 11/29/07, *Jessica Mahoney* <root at varusonline.com
> <mailto:root at varusonline.com>> wrote:
>
> Thinking about this for a while, I decided to post it. May not be
> much,
> but it is something.
>
> In July 2007 I acquired a brand new Compaq Presario V6000Z laptop. It
> came with the "High Capacity 6-Cell Battery" (6,000 mAh battery),
> an AMD
> Turion 64 X2 @ 1.8GHz, and I also got the "Imprint Finish" so I could
> get the FireWire and additional USB ports. For what it is, $1,000
> wasn't that bad.
>
> It came with Windows Vista Home Basic. This system took about two
> minutes to boot, and sucked the battery dry in 90 minutes, even
> with all
> power-saving settings enabled (eeps!).
>
> Then I installed Linux on it. Linux had some serious stability
> issues,
> and even with everything I did, it was never all that stable, but it
> booted in about a minute. Linux did do better with battery time,
> clocking 2 hours. True, that's not much better, but still.
>
> Well, I've been using FreeBSD for my servers, and I have had a few
> FreeBSD desktops off and on over the years, so I decided to give it a
> shot. After installing FreeBSD and configuring the kernel/world, and
> then installing some ports, I noticed something wildly different, so
> different, that its freaking amazing. FreeBSD boots in a mere fifteen
> seconds (kernel: 11s; services: 2s; gdm+Xorg: instant; gnome-desktop:
> 2s). FreeBSD is just as amazing with battery time, as I can now
> get not
> just two, but four hours of battery time. Plus, its just as
> rock-solid-will-keep-running-until-the-sun-blows-up stable as I
> remember
> from every other machine I've used as a FreeBSD desktop.
>
> Quick recap:
> Windows Vista: 2 minute boot, 90 minutes of battery
> Linux: one minute boot, 120 minutes of battery
> FreeBSD: 15 second boot, 240 minutes of battery
>
> FreeBSD is pure awesomeness, made of awesome and win, featuring Power,
> Performance, Stability, and Reliability. I have also learned (from my
> laptop) that FreeBSD is also a Green OS, as it causes the hardware to
> use less power than other systems.
>
>
> ~Jessica
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