Re: [Powertop] PowerTop Digest, Vol 2, Issue 17

Send PowerTop mailing list submissions to powertop(a)lists.01.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/powertop or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to powertop-request(a)lists.01.org You can reach the person managing the list at powertop-owner(a)lists.01.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of PowerTop digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: power usage in watts is not displayed (Arjan van de Ven) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan(a)linux.intel.com&gt; To: Srikanth Grama Ramaprasad <sgramara(a)buffalo.edu&gt; Cc: powertop(a)lists.01.org Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:10:00 -0700 Subject: Re: [Powertop] power usage in watts is not displayed On 6/29/2012 9:47 AM, Srikanth Grama Ramaprasad wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam, > > I am trying to install powerTop on my PC as I need to know the per > process power consumption. > I have the Ubuntu 11.10 installed on my PC. > I installed the package available in Ubuntu Synaptic Package Manger > but the power consumption in watts is not displayed. > I get the message "no ACPI power usage estimate available". > Is there any configuration settings that I am missing ? not all computers have a BIOS where the BIOS reports the battery discharge rate to the operating system..... there's not a lot we can do about that. _______________________________________________ PowerTop mailing list PowerTop(a)lists.01.org https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/powertop