I saw a post on the phoronix forums and decided to install the 2.6.39.1 kernel. It has solved my power issues greatly. I have been running it all afternoon and my temps have remained low and my battery life is back up to normal. Here is the post:
"I just stumbled across a patch for (soon to arrive) version 2.6.39.1: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux....02/focus=12505 Maybe this small patch solves the power regression." -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/760131 Title: Power consumption raised significantly in natty -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
