IBM T30: battery life under 5.0-current, ACPI/APM and sleep issues

[Lee Damon]

Is anyone else with an IBM ThinkPad seeing these problems, or am I
just not doing things right?

When I was running under 4.5-4.7, APM usually indicated more than
3 hrs available on a fresh battery, and that was usually the case.
When I went to 5.0, it started saying less than 2 hours, and that
too has been the case.  No hardware changes were made.  I know
that IBM has had problems with battery life in the past, so I
may just be a victim of that. :/

I've been trying to get ACPI working with this system, and it's
getting closer.  The mouse works with it (it didn't before), and
some battery related things work, but most don't. (it claims I always
have 99% battery with 0 time remaining regardless of charge or AC
line state, for example.)

I've been completely unable to get the system to recover from sleep
in any way, shape, or mode (APM or ACPI).  It locks up so tight I
have to hit and hold the power button to get it back.

I'm running 5.0-CURRENT, most recently updated on 3 APR.

thanks,
nomad
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