Re: [Powertop] PowerTop Digest, Vol 2, Issue 17
Srikanth Grama Ramaprasad <sgramara at buffalo.edu> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:36:00 -0400
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Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to know what kind of BIOS is needed for powerTop to operate. It would be really great if you could please let me know the exact detail of some BIOS on which powerTop worked. I really appreciate the help. Thanking you, Srikanth On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 1:00 PM, <powertop-request(a)lists.01.org> wrote: > Send PowerTop mailing list submissions to > powertop(a)lists.01.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/powertop > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > powertop-request(a)lists.01.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > powertop-owner(a)lists.01.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of PowerTop digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: power usage in watts is not displayed (Arjan van de Ven) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan(a)linux.intel.com> > To: Srikanth Grama Ramaprasad <sgramara(a)buffalo.edu> > Cc: powertop(a)lists.01.org > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:10:00 -0700 > Subject: Re: [Powertop] power usage in watts is not displayed > On 6/29/2012 9:47 AM, Srikanth Grama Ramaprasad wrote: > > Dear Sir/Madam, > > > > I am trying to install powerTop on my PC as I need to know the per > > process power consumption. > > I have the Ubuntu 11.10 installed on my PC. > > I installed the package available in Ubuntu Synaptic Package Manger > > but the power consumption in watts is not displayed. > > I get the message "no ACPI power usage estimate available". > > Is there any configuration settings that I am missing ? > > not all computers have a BIOS where the BIOS reports the battery > discharge rate to the operating system..... there's not a lot we can do > about that. > > > _______________________________________________ > PowerTop mailing list > PowerTop(a)lists.01.org > https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/powertop > >
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Dear Sir/Madam,<div><br></div><div>I would like to know what kind of BIOS is needed for powerTop to operate. It would be really great if you could please let me know the exact detail of some BIOS on which powerTop worked. I really appreciate the help.</div> <div><br></div><div>Thanking you,</div><div>Srikanth</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 1:00 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send PowerTop mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br> <br> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/powertop" target="_blank">https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/powertop</a><br> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br> <br> You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br> <br> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br> than "Re: Contents of PowerTop digest..."<br> <br>Today's Topics:<br> <br> 1. Re: power usage in watts is not displayed (Arjan van de Ven)<br> <br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Arjan van de Ven <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>><br>To: Srikanth Grama Ramaprasad <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>><br> Cc: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:10:00 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [Powertop] power usage in watts is not displayed<br>On 6/29/2012 9:47 AM, Srikanth Grama Ramaprasad wrote:<br> > Dear Sir/Madam,<br> ><br> > I am trying to install powerTop on my PC as I need to know the per<br> > process power consumption.<br> > I have the Ubuntu 11.10 installed on my PC.<br> > I installed the package available in Ubuntu Synaptic Package Manger<br> > but the power consumption in watts is not displayed.<br> > I get the message "no ACPI power usage estimate available".<br> > Is there any configuration settings that I am missing ?<br> <br> not all computers have a BIOS where the BIOS reports the battery<br> discharge rate to the operating system..... there's not a lot we can do<br> about that.<br> <br> <br>_______________________________________________<br> PowerTop mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br> <a href="https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/powertop" target="_blank">https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/powertop</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br></div>