Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-13 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 01:21:35PM +, Camaleón wrote: > >> backlight, wifi, BT, hdd temperature sensors...) and maybe your dell > >> needs something similar :-? > > > > module wl controls wifi... I had to install it manually. > > No, I did not mean that. "wl" is a generic module for broadcom

Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-11 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:26:32 +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 11:45:41AM +, Camaleón wrote: >> > laptop I could use the rfkill package like so: rfkill block wifi >> >> Here are some tips: >> >> http://www.lesswatts.org/tips/wireless.php > > Will take a look > > >> Ano

Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-11 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 08:22:38AM BST, Daniel Dalton wrote: > So could I just unload the module to save power? Yes, unloading modules for devices which you don't want to use will reduce power consumption, e.g. bluetooth, wifi or even usb. Regards, -- Raf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-us

Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-11 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 11:45:41AM +, Camaleón wrote: > > laptop I could use the rfkill package like so: rfkill block wifi > > Here are some tips: > > http://www.lesswatts.org/tips/wireless.php Will take a look > > Another option could be disabling wifi and bluetooth adapter from BIOS > (

Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-11 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 06:14:05AM +0100, Raf Czlonka wrote: > > I was planning to disable wifi, when it wasn't required. On my old > > laptop I could use the rfkill package like so: > > rfkill block wifi > > What does "rfkill list" say? daniel@debian-laptop:/tmp$ cd daniel@debian-laptop:~$ sudo

Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-09 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:44:57 +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > I've recently purchased a Dell vostro 3350 laptop, and to save battery, > I was planning to disable wifi, when it wasn't required. On my old > laptop I could use the rfkill package like so: rfkill block wifi Mmm, some wifi adapters also a

Re: Disabling wifi to save battery

2011-10-08 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 01:44:57AM BST, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > > I've recently purchased a Dell vostro 3350 laptop, and to save battery, > I was planning to disable wifi, when it wasn't required. On my old > laptop I could use the rfkill package like so: > rfkill block wifi What does "rfk