Re: heavy CPU consumption and laggy/stuttering video on thinkpad x230
On Tue, 2019-11-19 at 12:54 -0600, Dave Trudgian wrote: > On Tue, 2019-11-19 at 19:06 +0100, Josh wrote: > > Have you tried on 6.5? > > > > My X1rev6 did not like the upgrade to 6.6. heavy cpu consumption, > > super hot, laggy when browsing and fan spinning consistently. > > > > I've reinstalled 6.5 and been using the same settings as yours. > > everything is back to normal. I guess I will wait for 6.7... > > I guess I should try this with relation to the other thread I posted > about power draw on my T430. I'm not seeing heavy CPU or much lag - > but > it is unexpectly thirsty and the fan does go all the time. I'll try > 6.5 > this evening if I get a chance. Sorry for the noise decided to try quickly over lunch on my T430. With 6.6 I was seeing a power draw of ~15W sitting at an idle GUI session. Fan runs slowly, but constantly. With 6.5 I see a power draw of ~10.5W sitting at an idle GUI session. Fan does not run. The 6.5 figure compares fairly well to ~8W on Linux with everything powertop can tune there. Going to stay at 6.5 for a while on this machine given the above... but I have 2 drives in this laptop, so I can relatively easily try things out on 6.6 if there are any pointers to try, or useful diagnostic information I can obtain. DT
Re: heavy CPU consumption and laggy/stuttering video on thinkpad x230
On Tue, 2019-11-19 at 19:06 +0100, Josh wrote: > Have you tried on 6.5? > > My X1rev6 did not like the upgrade to 6.6. heavy cpu consumption, > super hot, laggy when browsing and fan spinning consistently. > > I've reinstalled 6.5 and been using the same settings as yours. > everything is back to normal. I guess I will wait for 6.7... I guess I should try this with relation to the other thread I posted about power draw on my T430. I'm not seeing heavy CPU or much lag - but it is unexpectly thirsty and the fan does go all the time. I'll try 6.5 this evening if I get a chance. Thanks, DT
T430 power draw unexpectedly high
Hello, I've been using OpenBSD 6.6, and now latest snapshot, for a couple of weeks on a Thinkpad T430. Performance and stability is fine and am very much enjoying using this setup, but the battery life is unexpectedly bad, vs what I'd expect having read around OpenBSD supporting c-states and throttling. Under OpenBSD with the system sitting idle at a GUI, WiFi active, 50% brightness I see ~15W power draw from the battery. This is with `apmd -A` and the output of `apm` showing that it is throttled to 1200MHz. The CPU fan is running at a constant low speed. Under Linux, I see an idle power draw sitting in the GUI, WiFi active, 50% brightness of ~8W. The CPU fan is mostly idle. >From reading around I was expecting more in the range of 70-80% of the Linux battery life, rather than ~50%. I understand several people may be using T430 machines with OpenBSD. Would be grateful for any info r.e. is this power draw typical, or any hints for other things I can look into? Many thanks, Dave Trudgian
