Re: Laptop battery life with 64 bit

[Daniel Dalton <d.dalton@iinet.net.au>]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 07:39:17AM +0100, Jochen Spieker wrote:
> Daniel Dalton:
> > 
> > My question: does 64 bit debian use more battery power than 32 bit? 
> 
> Short answer: no. The relevant difference is probably Debian vs. Ubuntu
> here.

Good news. So now just to figure out how ubuntu is out performing debian. 

> 
> > Should I return to a 32 bit set up if battery life is important to me?
> > Or is there perhaps something that maybe isn't configured quite right
> > on this 64 bit system?
> 
> The latter. Are you sure the screen is turned off completely just like
> in Ubuntu?

Yes, used exactly the same methods (vbetool)

Thanks for your help. 
Dan