Package: powertop Version: 2.15-3 Severity: normal PowerTOP 2.15 needs the kernel to support the 'perf' subsystem as well as support for trace points in the kernel: CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS=y CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS=y CONFIG_TRACING=y
I run powertop as root with kernel 6.10.3-amd64 and get the above messages. root@cupcakke:/boot# grep CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS /boot/config-6.10.3-amd64 root@cupcakke:/boot# But the kernel doesn't seem to have such an option. At a minimum the error message needs to be updated to match whatever kernel feature is missing and possibly have multiple combinations offered for different kernel versions. Also we need a bug filed against the Debian/Unstable kernels to get whatever support is needed to run powertop. -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 6.10.3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: unable to detect Versions of packages powertop depends on: ii libc6 2.39-6 ii libgcc-s1 14.2.0-2 ii libncursesw6 6.5-2 ii libnl-3-200 3.7.0-0.3 ii libnl-genl-3-200 3.7.0-0.3 ii libpci3 1:3.13.0-1 ii libstdc++6 14.2.0-2 ii libtinfo6 6.5-2 powertop recommends no packages. Versions of packages powertop suggests: pn cpufrequtils <none> pn laptop-mode-tools <none> -- debconf-show failed
