Re: [arch-general] no ACPI estimate in powertop with latest kernels

2011-10-25 Thread clemens fischer
On Tue-2011/10/11-13:06 Neal Haslam wrote: @Tom Thankyou for pointing out powertop2. It allows for more control than the original powertop. The URL in the PKGBUILD is not correct because of kernel.org's changes. Googling for a new location was easy enough. If it was so easy, what was so

Re: [arch-general] no ACPI estimate in powertop with latest kernels

2011-10-25 Thread Neal Haslam
@clemens Thank you for pointing out my oversight. There is a patched powertop2 in the AUR with the correct URL in the PKGBUILD. -- Neal On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 2:59 PM, clemens fischer ino-n...@spotteswoode.dnsalias.org wrote: On Tue-2011/10/11-13:06 Neal Haslam wrote: @Tom Thankyou for

Re: [arch-general] no ACPI estimate in powertop with latest kernels

2011-10-11 Thread Neal Haslam
@Tom Thankyou for pointing out powertop2. It allows for more control than the original powertop. The URL in the PKGBUILD is not correct because of kernel.org's changes. Googling for a new location was easy enough. @Mauro Thankyou for the information. -- Neal On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:20 AM,

Re: [arch-general] no ACPI estimate in powertop with latest kernels

2011-10-11 Thread Scott Lawrence
On a related note - I also get this no ACPI estimate error, but only when my laptop is not on battery power. When unplugged, it gives estimates as desired. Anyone know why this would be? -- Scott Lawrence

Re: [arch-general] no ACPI estimate in powertop with latest kernels

2011-10-11 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 11.10.2011 14:26, schrieb Scott Lawrence: On a related note - I also get this no ACPI estimate error, but only when my laptop is not on battery power. When unplugged, it gives estimates as desired. Anyone know why this would be? Powertop measures the power requirement using the decharge

Re: [arch-general] no ACPI estimate in powertop with latest kernels

2011-10-11 Thread Scott Lawrence
On 10/11/11 08:39, Thomas Bächler wrote: Powertop measures the power requirement using the decharge rate of your battery. Ah, of course. Thanks. (For some reason, I assumed there was an actual hardware bit dedicated to providing this estimate.) -- Scott Lawrence

[arch-general] no ACPI estimate in powertop with latest kernels

2011-10-10 Thread Neal Haslam
Hello everyone, Powertop reports no ACPI power usage estimate available with x86_64 kernels 3.0.6-1 and 3.0.6-2. Downgrading to kernel 3.0.4-1 restored power estimates. Older kernels had always worked in the past. Processor is Intel i3, quad core, in a ThinkPad Edge 14 running Gnome 3.2 fully

Re: [arch-general] no ACPI estimate in powertop with latest kernels

2011-10-10 Thread Mauro Santos
On 10-10-2011 13:28, Neal Haslam wrote: Hello everyone, Powertop reports no ACPI power usage estimate available with x86_64 kernels 3.0.6-1 and 3.0.6-2. Downgrading to kernel 3.0.4-1 restored power estimates. Older kernels had always worked in the past. Processor is Intel i3, quad

Re: [arch-general] no ACPI estimate in powertop with latest kernels

2011-10-10 Thread Tom Gundersen
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Neal Haslam nrhas...@gmail.com wrote: Powertop reports no ACPI power usage estimate available with x86_64 kernels 3.0.6-1 and 3.0.6-2. Downgrading to kernel 3.0.4-1 restored power estimates.  Older kernels had always worked in the past. Processor is Intel