0.4 Watt Less During Audio Playback - (Updated:) Power Performance: Pulseaudio + Interrupt-Less Alsa

( Skip to the update ) Ok, so with some help from Pierre-Louis from Intel I've managed to get it working and do some performance/power t...Read more »

New Low Power Record - Power Management Progress in 2.6.35

I just wanted to test how low the system can go in it's power usage with the power management framework of kernel 2.6.35 and the results...Read more »

Ubuntu 10.04 working with the MSI Wind U110

I finally managed to get it to work. All I needed to do it go to /etc/default/acpi-support and set DOUBLE_CONSOLE_SWITCH to true. Now I can ...Read more »

Fixing Suspend for the MSI Wind U110 in 2.6.34 and 2.6.35

The MSI Wind U110 suddenly stopped going into suspend more in newer kernels starting at 2.6.34. A kernel developed found where the issue is...Read more »

Backlight Finally Works - Generic Poulsbo GMA 500 Fix via ACPI Video Interface

The trick is to go into drivers/acpi/video.c and remove the part that disables the acpi handling if there is an intel opregion present. The...Read more »

Quick Fix for Your Multimedia Keys

If your multimedia keys give this warning in dmesg: atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xf7 on isa0060/serio0). atkbd.c: U...Read more »

Backlight Control on MSI U110 Netbook

I've managed to get the backlight working roughly as well! All I needed to do was to load msi-laptop with the parameter force=1. The pro...Read more »

Saving 33% or 3 Watts of Power with your Netbook (here a Poulsbo system)

I've tried around a lot to see how much more power I can save on my system. An easy step with lots of success was to configure the lapto...Read more »

Intel Poulsbo Frustration Continues a Year Later

I'm also  frustrated. I happily bought my netbook about exactly a year ago as many others in the hope that Intel would provide a well wo...Read more »

Creative X-fi Surround USB Review and Guide for Ubuntu 9.10 or Newer

This article will review the Creative X-fi surround usb first quickly in Windows XP and then in Linux. It will give you some basic performan...Read more »

Poulsbo is Already working on Ubuntu 10.04

It's not a flawless support and currently without 3D, but there is a poulsbo driver for Ubuntu 10.04 . (The link helps for all Ubuntu ve...Read more »

Moblin 2.1 IVI FC Release tested on the MSI Wind U110 (GMA 500/Poulsbo)

Phoronix hasn't gotten to it yet , but now I've done a quick test with the Moblin distribution IVI version with supposed GMA 500 sup...Read more »

How to set up X and VAAPI Accelerated HD Video on the MSI Wind U110 (GMA500 - Poulsbo) and Ubuntu Karmic 9.10

The following guide is now slightly outdated as Ubuntu 10.04 is out and new drivers are necessary, also some of the repositories I originall...Read more »

X Video finally works - Poulsbo and Linux on the MSI Wind U110 - Fix for BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000

If you tried to get poulsbo to run on your system and you get a message like this, you should try the fix posted below. "kernel BUG: un...Read more »