Looks like it was already enabled... -- Douglas
# # Copyright 1996-2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. # Use is subject to license terms. # #pragma ident "@(#)power.conf 2.1 02/03/04 SMI" # # Power Management Configuration File # device-dependency-property removable-media /dev/fb autopm default autoS3 default cpu-threshold 1s cpupm enable # Auto-Shutdown Idle(min) Start/Finish(hh:mm) Behavior autoshutdown 30 9:00 9:00 noshutdown ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "power.conf" 16 lines, 411 characters On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Mark Haywood <Mark.Haywood at sun.com> wrote: > Douglas Atique wrote: > >> I have used this laptop with SXCE since snv_69. I have noticed this high >> battery consumption with more recent builds (say snv_100), but I am not >> exactly sure which one. >> I am not sure if cpupm is enabled. I didn't do anything to enable it. >> Here is an output of powertop running on my machine. >> > > Look at your /etc/power.conf file and see if you see a line like: > > cpupm enable > > Also, a line like: > > cpu-threshold 1s > > would be good. And make sure SpeedStep is enable in your BIOS setup. I > assume that it is. > > Mark > > >> -- Douglas >> >> OpenSolaris PowerTOP version 1.1 >> >> Cn Avg residency P-states (frequencies) >> C0 (cpu running) (15.8%) 1662 Mhz 100.0% >> C1 1.3ms (84.2%) >> >> Wakeups-from-idle per second: 660.8 interval: 5.1s >> no ACPI power usage estimate available >> >> Top causes for wakeups: >> 40.0% (264.3) <kernel> : genunix`cv_wakeup >> 15.1% (100.0) <kernel> : genunix`clock >> 13.4% ( 88.4) <interrupt> : ath#0 >> 7.1% ( 47.2) <interrupt> : i8042#0 >> 5.7% ( 37.5) sched : <cross calls> >> 3.9% ( 26.0) <kernel> : genunix`realitexpire >> 1.8% ( 11.7) <kernel> : >> uhci`uhci_handle_root_hub_status_change >> 1.5% ( 10.1) <kernel> : ata`ghd_timeout >> 0.7% ( 4.9) <kernel> : myk`gem_mii_link_watcher >> 0.7% ( 4.7) <kernel> : genunix`lwp_timer_timeout >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Li, Aubrey <aubrey.li <http://aubrey.li>@ >> intel.com <http://intel.com>> wrote: >> >> Douglas Atique wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have a Sony Vaio VGN-N38Z laptop which used to work well for >> > about 2 hours. >> >> Which build did you use to make your laptop working well for about 2 >> hours? >> >> >However, in the latest SXCE builds (I use >> > snv_105 now) I have noticed that once disconnected from AC >> > power, the battery indicator in the Gnome bar starts to >> > decrease almost like a clock and in about 20 minutes it is >> > already asking me to recharge. I started suspecting that some >> > power management-related change is the cause of this behavior >> > because the laptop has been working warm all the time. >> > >> > Can I do something to diagnose a possible problem? If anyone >> > wants to take a look, I offer my time for testing. Just let me know >> > what I have to do. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Douglas >> >> Did you enable cpupm(speedstep)? What does powertop say? >> >> Thanks, >> -Aubrey >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pm-discuss mailing list >> pm-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pm-discuss >> >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/pm-discuss/attachments/20090203/bc7ee4a9/attachment.html>
