Battery crazy?

[Rui Miguel Silva Seabra]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 04:30:22PM -0400, Joel Newkirk wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:35:48 +0100, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <rms at 1407.org>
> wrote:
> > The following is with Om.2008.9 + opkg upgrade:
> > 
> > root at om-gta02:/usr/lib/enlightenment/modules/illume/dicts# cat /proc/apm
> > 1.13 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x00 0x00 77% 974 min
> > root at om-gta02:/usr/lib/enlightenment/modules/illume/dicts# cat /proc/apm
> > 1.13 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x00 0x00 77% 974 min
> > root at om-gta02:/usr/lib/enlightenment/modules/illume/dicts# cat /proc/apm
> > 1.13 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x00 0x00 76% 1158 min
> > root at om-gta02:/usr/lib/enlightenment/modules/illume/dicts# cat /proc/apm
> > 1.13 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x00 0x00 76% 623 min
> > root at om-gta02:/usr/lib/enlightenment/modules/illume/dicts# cat /proc/apm
> > 1.13 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x00 0x00 76% 843 min
> > root at om-gta02:/usr/lib/enlightenment/modules/illume/dicts# cat /proc/apm
> > 1.13 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x00 0x00 76% 843 min
> > root at om-gta02:/usr/lib/enlightenment/modules/illume/dicts# cat /proc/apm
> > 1.13 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x00 0x00 76% 843 min
> > root at om-gta02:/usr/lib/enlightenment/modules/illume/dicts# cat /proc/apm
> > 1.13 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x00 0x00 76% 843 min
> > root at om-gta02:/usr/lib/enlightenment/modules/illume/dicts# cat /proc/apm
> > 1.13 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x00 0x00 76% 2003 min
> > 
> > Should I be worried?
> > 
> > Rui
> 
> I'd not think so.  The estimated time remaining varies because your
> 'recent' power usage varies between checks.  If GSM or wifi start requiring
> more power than before to maintain connection, for example, or backlight
> usage varies, etc, then the estimate will change according to recent usage.
>  (I'm assuming those weren't invoked immediately after one another, but
> that some time elapsed between checks - regardless, only the estimated time
> is acting in any way unexpectedly - remaining capacity seems to be pretty
> consistent and presumably fairly accurate)

I know it wasn't timestamped, bu these were consecutive readings,
perhaps within less of a second between each...

I'm not using wifi, no active call, not anything...

Rui

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