Stracing it, it looks like the main culprit is this (in gnome-power-
manager-2.18.2/src/gpm-dpms.c):
static void
gpm_dpms_init (GpmDpms *dpms)
{
dpms->priv = GPM_DPMS_GET_PRIVATE (dpms);
add_poll_timer (dpms, 500);
}
This wakes up the CPU twice a second to check the monitor's DPMS state.
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powertop suggests to remove g-p-m
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117745
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