On Sa, Mai 19, 2007 at 02:11:31 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> Frank Ursel wrote:
>> Hi,
>
>> Output with terminal startet through gksu:
>>| Power usage (ACPI estimate) :  14.0 W (2.2 hours left)
>
>> Output without gksu running:
>>| Power usage (ACPI estimate) :  13.2 W (2.5 hours left)
>
>
> wow you found an app that costs you 0.8W... (which is quite some
> battery life).....

Yes, and after some testing it shows that it is reproducible. With gksu
running, powertop shows 12.4 Watt (brightness was set to a lower level
than my previous post). As fast as I close gksu it drops to 11.2 Watt.
The difference is about 30 minutes of battery life.

Frank
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