On 2/4/2012 10:10 AM, Paul Menzel wrote:
> Dear PowerTOP folks,
> 
> 
> looking at the output of PowerTOP 1.97 on two laptops the usage of the
> audio codec is always 100 % after the boot.
> 
>             100,0%                      Device         Audio codec hwC0D0: 
> Realtek
> 
> The same is true with a Conexant codec.
> 
> This happens although power management in ALSA is set up and no sound is
> played.
> 
>         $ more /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save_controller
>                 Y
>         $ more /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save
>         1
> 
> Most of the time I can get that behavior to change when I play some
> audio and then stop it.
> 
> Could you confirm this issues? Then I could possibly send a report to
> the ALSA folks.
I've seen it a few times when pulse audio kept the guy busy...
you can check that by killing the pulseaudio  daemon
(don't worry, it'll come back the next time you play a sound)

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