On Thursday 13 September 2007, Franklin PIAT wrote: > That's a huge difference ! > Do you have any device plugged in ? (pcmcia, wifi, 3G card, GPS, Phone, > etc.) > I ask because i have read a few report on > http://tuxmobil.org/dell.html , but none mention you problem. > Bluetooth - Which I keep most of the time switched off. Wireless - ipw3945 which remains on but I've enabled the powersaving mode when running on battery. > Do you use a 3d desktop ? > Have you tried do disable Xwindow (so GPU is down) ? > Does "top" show a process using a lot of cpu ? > No. No 3d desktop at the moment. Though "Composite" is enabled in X. I would not want to disable X because then the use of the laptop is nothing. While on battery, the load avg remain < .50 > > PS: I did try powertop but couldn't find any serious offenders. > > How many wakeups ? How much time in each state ? > C0 => 24 % C1 => 0.0 % C2 => 6.3% C3 => 70.4% Power Usage estimate (ACPI) => 22.6W Ritesh -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com "Necessity is the mother of invention."
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