On Fri, 26 Nov 2010, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > On 11/26/2010 9:43 PM, Bernie Innocenti wrote: >> * Automatic power management seem to have improved a lot and is >> almost unnoticeable. However, can't we disable it while the >> laptop is on AC? > > I'm pretty certain I recall reading that XOs show the charging indicator > light to show they have enough external power to charge. The charging > light does not necessarily indicate that there is external power to > charge the battery and run the laptop at the same time purely from an > external power source. > > XO's do not presume that the external power source is an AC adapter, > allowing a wide range of input tolerances before you damage the > computer. that's fine for the default, but there should be some way to tell the system that when I plug it in to external power, that can be considered AC and disable automatic power management.

David Lang > There is a somewhat stale wiki page at > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Battery_and_power with a lot of user comments > about what happens if you try to charge an XO via various alternative means. > > --- > SJG > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel(a)lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel(a)lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel