[ltp] When/where/what for low power consumption?

Alejandro Bonilla linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:55:52 -0600


On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:46:56 +0100 (MET), Gilson Laurent wrote
> Hello
> 
> >    What commands do you use to put your system into low power consumption
> >    mode, and when/where do you issue these commands (on system startup,
> >    on ACPI events, etc.)?

I think there are a couple of awesome things.

1. Take brightness down
2. hardcore cpufreqd configuration
3. laptop-mode (this is a must)

Monitor your CPU temp with acpi -V and HDD Temp with hddtemp /dev/hda

You can also play with the CPU Fan options.

.Alejandro

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