With severall settings from this page: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1341325
[...] # Change the ext3 commit times to 10 minutes. Reduces disk activity # disable disk writes when reading mount -o remount,commit=600,noatime,nodiratime / mount -o remount,commit=600,noatime,nodiratime /home # Set SATA to save power for foo in /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/link_power_management_policy; do echo min_power > $foo; done # Manually set the iwl3945 driver to power savings. # broken in 2.6.31 kernel # iwconfig wlan0 power on # Reduce disk activity by waiting up to 10 minutes before doing writes echo 90 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio echo 60000 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs # Enable Intel HD audio power saving: echo 10 > /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save [...] i get a power consumption about 7,5W - 8,5W. But there should be higher possible savings. -- [Acer Aspire 1810TZ] general high power consumption in Ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471376 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs