[plug] blowing away WindowsME

[Leon Brooks]

On Thursday 03 January 2002 09:38, Steve Grasso wrote:
> >  He's also having some trouble
> > with power management. His battery runs down even faster than it did
> > with Windows which doesn't make sense. I checked top which said that
> > kapm-idled was using anywhere between 60-90% of the CPU. Weird....

> Yup. That's normal. kapm-idled is designed to keep the CPU ticking over.
> Apparrently this makes the CPU feel very happy.

Apparently the practice doesn't always match the theory. Try a later kernel 
set from cooker and see if it makes a difference.

Cheers; Leon