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On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:24:28 +0000 David Bell wrote: > During the past few days I've been installing various distros on my > "mature" Acer Aspire laptop. > > Today I installed Debian Lenny and found that not only does the fan > run all the time but that it consumes nearly 30 watts more than other > distros with the KDE running. > > Any ideas why? There is an application called "powertop" that could help you find the answer. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html