my computer is thinkpad w500 in gentoo .
I unplug my logitech mouse, the number is still high.

> 49.2% (1045.8)   [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick
>

I also installed mint 10.
When I in mint10 , the number 'Load balancing tick' is about 100 or so.

Thanks

2010/12/6 Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>

> On 12/5/2010 3:04 AM, moltonel 3x Combo wrote:
>
>> On 12/4/10, waterloo<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>
>>> Top causes for wakeups:
>>>>   45.7% (1061.8)   [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick
>>>>   24.7% (574.5)   [extra timer interrupt]
>>>>   10.9% (253.3)   PS/2 keyboard/mouse/touchpad interrupt
>>>>
>>> Just checking: make sure you're not touching your
>> mouse/touchpad/keyboard during one full powertop "cycle". Those
>> generate a lot of interrupts which are, for powertop purposes, just
>> noise.
>>
>
> don't make the mistake of thinking that those don't burn power....
>
>
>  Try also unpluging your mouse, as some low-quality mice "move"
>> on their own. If none of that made a difference, I leave you in this
>> mailing list's (more) able hands.
>>
>
>
> another suggestion is to use the powertop 2.x prototype code from git; it's
> trying to be much
> more advanced and smart about what uses power..
>
> git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/status/powertop/powertop.git
>
>
>
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