Hi Kelly, I do not have laptop mode tools enabled on my server.
--Andrew On 20 March 2010 03:14, Kelly Price <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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