Nathan Coulson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Paul Menzel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dear Michael, >> (I am also answering to the list.) >> >> >> thank you for your answer. >> >> Am Sonntag, den 23.11.2008, 16:23 +0100 schrieb Michael Gaber: >> >>> Paul Menzel schrieb: >>>> [snip] >>>> 1. Hmm, I do not know why the output no ACPI power usage estimate >>>> available. It was shown before dumping. It was between 0,1 and 0,4 >>>> Watts. Running PowerTOP it is also not shown. Strange … >>> perhaps because you're testing it while being plugged in? >>> acpi power estimate is only available when running on battery >> No. The cable was not plugged in. And as I said, before the dump it was >> shown. > > I have never seen any power estimates in powertop the whole time I > have experimented with it, and I have never heard of anyone else > getting estimates before either. I just assumed it was not possible.
This feature works based on the battery charge level and the code has been working on my laptop since the beginning. Recently we found out that some batteries (drivers?) report their charge levels differently which broke the ability for powertop to calculate estimates, and I have gotten one patch for that to fix this for PPC systems. It's possible that the proc data for your system is ordered differently. Can you send me the output of the following command, while unplugged from AC? grep -r . /proc/acpi/battery maybe that will show me enough information to figure out what's wrong with that code. Auke _______________________________________________ Power mailing list [email protected] http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power
