[laptop-discuss] Powernow dual core cpu, and other laptop questions (Steinar)

[S. Hakim Hamdani [ML]]

> I tried frkit, but the powernow wouldn't work. I read somewhere that
> it only supports single core cpus, but that it would be possible to
> shut down one of the cpu to get it to work. How can I do that? Also,
> anybody know when powernow would support intel core duo?

apparently it will. no timeframe though as far as i'm aware.

> Changing the screens brightness is quite important on a laptop, and
> Linux and Freebsd supports this for this sony laptop. Is it anywhere
> in sight on solaris for sony laptops?

you mean in software? most laptops have Fn key combos for that. on my
laptop, i set it to 8 (out of 9), then take the power supply out and
set it to whatever i want it to be (6 out of 9 as it happens). then
upon plugging power back in it goes back to 8, and so forth. only had
to set that once.

> The intel g945 graphics works great on linux with compiz or beryl. On
> solaris it doens't seem to support xv (on mplayer.) Is the solaris
> intel driver more basic than the linux equivalent?

can't answer the question, but can confirm that here, too, with SXCE68,
mplayer won't do xv for the i945 chipset, even though xorg seems to
bring that up just fine. it's a tad weird. i run stuff i'd run in xv
via sdl instead. not as nice, but hey, fullscreen video at least.

cheers, h
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