Won't pressing the button that powertop suggests do that for you? (at least
I think it does...)

On 10/21/07, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Firstly I want to thank every involved in this. I am a techno geek and
> also an environmentalist.
>
> I would like to suggest we provide an easier to follow guide for non
> geeks who want to reduce the power their computers are using. My wife
> teaches at a non profit school. They use Linux and they would like to do
> their part to reduce global warming. However they are completely baffled
> by tips like this
>
> "interrupt
> acpi is taking 15-20 wakeups.
> Setting /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THZN/polling_frequency to 0 instead of 2
> solves this."
>
> Sorry to pick on this one item, but most tips are very hard to follow
> unless you have a BS in computer science. I had to google search this
> one myself, so not much chance of a 2 grade teacher following this.
>
> It would be great if someone could spend a few cycle and add some text
> on how to enact the guidance.
>
>
>
> great work
>
>
> Graham
>
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