Acer Aspire 3620 notebook, switches that I'd like to switch

[Ralph Pichie]

Everything has been good so far, but now my battery life is not what it was
only a short time ago. I can stretch it over two hours, but I don't get the
3+ hours that I could get before.

The switches on the front may be part of the issue, or at least provide a
clue.  The bluetooth switch feels busted, and there is no sign of it in
dmesg output. The indicator light for my wireless adapter is now always lit,
even when the ath0 device is deactivated and not configured.

I'm wondering if something is running that should not be, or if my battery
is just getting past its prime (bought in August 06)

The info from dmesg | tail  when I flick the wifi switch. Bluetooth has no
effect.
[17181758.368000] atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xd5
on isa0060/serio0).
[17181758.368000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e055 <keycode>' to make it
known.
[17181758.876000] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xd5
on isa0060/serio0).


The relevant output from lspci is...

0000:06:05.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.: Unknown
device 001a (rev 01)
0000:06:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

And of course...
ralph at ralph-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

ath0      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/94  Signal level=-95 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.
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