From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan at linux.intel.com>
To: powertop@lists.01.org
Subject: Re: [Powertop] power usage in watts is not displayed
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:10:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FEDEF78.2030601@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAOqk0e_Ni=uoMKAF-u1n+zAEy4_0uMDPfHe=iHAOCzY1TupzLQ@mail.gmail.com
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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.
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2012-06-29 18:10 Arjan van de Ven [this message]
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2012-06-29 16:47 [Powertop] power usage in watts is not displayed Srikanth Grama Ramaprasad
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