Check to see if you have Compiz or any other transparency manager going on. That seems to push up the demand on the interrupts.
On 3/14/09, aldebaran <[email protected]> wrote: > With recent (post 9 march) Ubuntu Jaunty updates nvidia restricted > drivers do not accomplish to "On Demand Interrupts" enabled any more. > This results in increased power consumption and reduced battery life. > > Despite stating in Xorg.0.log > (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "true" > > Powertop reports: 15.2% ( 49.5) <interrupt> : nvidia > > with nvidia interrupts ranging from 45 to 60. > > Since powertop reports video card interrupts along with USB host > controller I have previously removed uhci_hcd module from kernel. > > If you need any more in depth details please just ask! > > > Installed packages are: > ii nvidia-180-kernel-source 180.37-0ubuntu1 > ii nvidia-glx-180 180.37-0ubuntu1 > > Linux 2.6.28-9-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 11 15:43:58 UTC 2009 i686 > GNU/Linux > > > _______________________________________________ > Power mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power > -- Kelly "STrRedWolf" Price http://strredwolf.furrynet.com _______________________________________________ Power mailing list [email protected] http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power
