How can I help debugging?
Well, the real bug with powertop is that it is showing power usage even when on
AC in Jean-Paul´s laptop.
This is the information he sent me:
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On battery:
neptune:~# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
present: yes
capacity state: ok
charging state: discharging
present rate: unknown
remaining capacity: 2785 mAh
present voltage: 11439 mV
neptune:~# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
present: yes
design capacity: 4400 mAh
last full capacity: 3841 mAh
battery technology: rechargeable
design voltage: 11196 mV
design capacity warning: 384 mAh
design capacity low: 192 mAh
capacity granularity 1: 120 mAh
capacity granularity 2: 8 mAh
model number: 255/259
serial number: 00001
battery type: LiON
OEM info: OEM
neptune:~# ls /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/
cooling_mode polling_frequency state temperature trip_points
neptune:~# cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature
temperature: 11 C
On charge:
neptune:~# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
present: yes
capacity state: ok
charging state: charging
present rate: unknown
remaining capacity: 2615 mAh
present voltage: 11771 mV
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Bellow is a possible patch for this:
diff -uNr -B -b powertop-1.7/display.c powertop-1.7_teste/display.c
--- powertop-1.7/display.c 2007-06-17 22:16:33.000000000 -0300
+++ powertop-1.7_teste/display.c 2007-06-27 09:23:33.000000000 -0300
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@
void show_acpi_power_line(double rate, double cap, double capdelta, time_t ti)
{
char buffer[1024];
+ extern dontcount;
sprintf(buffer, _("no ACPI power usage estimate available") );
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@
if (ti>180 && capdelta > 0)
sprintf(c, _("(long term: %3.1fW,/%3.1fh)"),
3600*capdelta / ti, cap / (3600*capdelta/ti+0.01));
}
- else if (ti>120 && capdelta > 0.001)
+ else if (ti>120 && capdelta > 0.001 && !dontcount)
sprintf(buffer, _("Power usage (5 minute ACPI estimate)
: %5.1f W (%3.1f hours left)"), 3600*capdelta / ti, cap /
(3600*capdelta/ti+0.01));
mvwprintw(acpi_power_window, 0, 0, buffer);
diff -uNr -B -b powertop-1.7/powertop.c powertop-1.7_teste/powertop.c
--- powertop-1.7/powertop.c 2007-06-17 22:16:31.000000000 -0300
+++ powertop-1.7_teste/powertop.c 2007-06-27 09:40:05.000000000 -0300
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
int linesize;
int linectotal;
+int dontcount = 0;
double last_bat_cap = 0;
double prev_bat_cap = 0;
@@ -299,7 +300,6 @@
return;
while ((dirent = readdir(dir))) {
- int dontcount = 0;
double voltage = 0.0;
double amperes_drawn = 0.0;
double watts_drawn = 0.0;
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