From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7009360584652469452==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: [Powertop] power usage in watts is not displayed Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:10:00 -0700 Message-ID: <4FEDEF78.2030601@linux.intel.com> In-Reply-To: CAOqk0e_Ni=uoMKAF-u1n+zAEy4_0uMDPfHe=iHAOCzY1TupzLQ@mail.gmail.com To: powertop@lists.01.org List-ID: --===============7009360584652469452== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. --===============7009360584652469452==--