Dear Sir/Madam,

I would like to know what kind of BIOS is needed for powerTop to operate. It would be really great if you could please let me know the exact detail of some BIOS on which powerTop worked. I really appreciate the help.

Thanking you,
Srikanth


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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
To: Srikanth Grama Ramaprasad <sgramara@buffalo.edu>
Cc: powertop@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.


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