@Matthew Hessel Yes, the [radeon] driver is the xorg one. Intel drivers show that behaviour too, even if on the powertop website they state that the issue is now fixed.
Here are the figures for a Dell D630 ATG laptop, Natty stock kernel. The i915 driver causes 62+ wakeups /sec. with unity/gnome effects, and none in the 2D desktop. 21,5% ( 81,7) [extra timer interrupt] 16,5% ( 62,7) [i915] <interrupt> 16,0% ( 60,7) [ehci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb3, uhci_hcd:usb5] <interrupt> 16,0% ( 60,7) Dispositivo USB 5-2 : Compact Optical Mouse 500 (Microsoft ) 5,9% ( 22,3) kworker/0: -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/760131 Title: Power consumption raised significantly in natty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/760131/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
