<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] Power consumption disaster with AMD open source drivers </TITLE> <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Power%20consumption%20disaster%20with%20AMD%20open%20source%20drivers&In-Reply-To=%3C510845D8.5010202%40gmail.com%3E"> <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="022229.html"> <LINK REL="Next" HREF="022232.html"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <H1>[Mageia-dev] Power consumption disaster with AMD open source drivers</H1> <B>Mustafa Muhammad</B> <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Power%20consumption%20disaster%20with%20AMD%20open%20source%20drivers&In-Reply-To=%3C510845D8.5010202%40gmail.com%3E" TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Power consumption disaster with AMD open source drivers">mustafaa.alhamdaani at gmail.com </A><BR> <I>Tue Jan 29 22:57:44 CET 2013</I> <P><UL> <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="022229.html">[Mageia-dev] freeze push: firefox-ext-session_manager & firefox-ext-noscript </A></li> <LI>Next message: <A HREF="022232.html">[Mageia-dev] Power consumption disaster with AMD open source drivers </A></li> <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> <a href="date.html#22230">[ date ]</a> <a href="thread.html#22230">[ thread ]</a> <a href="subject.html#22230">[ subject ]</a> <a href="author.html#22230">[ author ]</a> </LI> </UL> <HR> <!--beginarticle--> <PRE>Hi, I reported a bug because open source driver for AMD cards reduced my laptops batter life to half: <A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8891">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8891</A> Please either implement the solution (shipping two xorg-server packages and choosing from them during install), or extend the life of Mageia 2 to 5 years (or at least 3), nobody can keep using Mageia to kill his battery life. I know I asked about this before but it is critical. Regards </PRE> <!--endarticle--> <HR> <P><UL> <!--threads--> <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="022229.html">[Mageia-dev] freeze push: firefox-ext-session_manager & firefox-ext-noscript </A></li> <LI>Next message: <A HREF="022232.html">[Mageia-dev] Power consumption disaster with AMD open source drivers </A></li> <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> <a href="date.html#22230">[ date ]</a> <a href="thread.html#22230">[ thread ]</a> <a href="subject.html#22230">[ subject ]</a> <a href="author.html#22230">[ author ]</a> </LI> </UL> <hr> <a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev mailing list</a><br> </body></html>