reducing power usage of Fedora - how you can help!

[Tom London]

On 8/9/07, Arjan van de Ven <arjan at infradead.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 17:19 +0100, Jonathan Underwood wrote:
> >  Thanks for your assistance and help.
> >
> > I see my LCD screen being turned off and on every few seconds when
> > running powertop. Is that normal behaviour?
>
> powertop checks if tv out is on.. seems some drivers turn the lcd off??
>
> Can you give some specifics about your hardware?
>
> (in the mean time I've changed powertop to only do this once if there's
> no TV out)
>
>
I see this too: Thinkpad X60, Intel 945 graphics, running 'intel' driver:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS,
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS,
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)


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Tom London