I can verify the repeated settings on my systems. They should of been detected!
Can you check if you have the laptop mode tools installed and active, Andrew? On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Auke Kok <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/19/10 13:11, Andrew Henry wrote: >> No that's not case. I have this is my /etc/rc.local file (not rclocal.d as >> I wrote earlier): >> >> # Suggestion: Enable SATA ALPM link power management via: >> echo min_power> /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/link_power_management_policy >> # >> # Suggestion: increase the VM dirty writeback time from 5.00 to 15 seconds >> with: >> echo 1500> /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs >> >> And after bootup I can run >> >> cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/link_power_management_policy >> >> and it IS set to min_power. >> >> cat /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs >> >> IS set to 1500, but as soon as I run Powertop from the same session it >> suggests these options and once chosen wakeups per second decreases >> dramatically (from red bar to mustard green). >> >> hal-disable-polling is a permanent setting that I do not have to keep >> setting after boot. > > ok so > > 1) there's a bug in powertop where it doesn't properly see the correct > settings > > 2) even though the settings were made correctly, and powertop just > re-sets the same setting, wakeups per second still drops > > I can fix 1), but 2) doesn't make any sense to me. > > Auke > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
