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    Anyone here tried powertop?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by meat curtain master, Sep 16, 2008.

  1. meat curtain master

    meat curtain master Notebook Guru

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    just curious what you guys think of it.
     
    meat curtain master, Sep 16, 2008
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  2. highlandsun

    highlandsun Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, I use it once in a while. It seems to show some good info.
     
    highlandsun, Sep 16, 2008
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    Fittersman Wanna trade?

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    yeah, used it a while back but stopped using it since it really did nothing, unless you are testing power saving modes of course.
     
    Fittersman, Sep 16, 2008
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  4. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    It offers some good optimizations, but it is almost worthless since these settings can't be applied permanently without starting a Terminal and going through PowerTop for every session.
     
    Bog, Sep 16, 2008
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    Yeah, as highlandsun said, it's mainly there to give you good input (or output :laugh :). You can just take its suggestion and put them in rc.local, or whatever equivalent you have.
     
    archer7, Sep 17, 2008
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