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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