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Linux's console text mode make video card's fan spin up and use more power?
Hello!
I noticed most of the times my old NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT video card's fan is quiet in KDE v3.5.10 with Compiz. When I exit out of X (used startx to start X.org) to text mode console, my fan will spin up louder and according to my old APC UPS, more power is used: Before "startx" command: APC : 001,037,0905 DATE : 2011-06-22 20:19:49 -0700 HOSTNAME : MyBox VERSION : 3.14.8 (16 January 2010) debian UPSNAME : MyBox CABLE : USB Cable MODEL : Back-UPS RS 1500 UPSMODE : Stand Alone STARTTIME: 2011-06-14 20:44:35 -0700 STATUS : ONLINE LINEV : 115.0 Volts LOADPCT : 20.0 Percent Load Capacity BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 44.5 Minutes MBATTCHG : 5 Percent MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes MAXTIME : 0 Seconds SENSE : High LOTRANS : 097.0 Volts HITRANS : 138.0 Volts ALARMDEL : Always BATTV : 26.8 Volts LASTXFER : Low line voltage NUMXFERS : 0 TONBATT : 0 seconds CUMONBATT: 0 seconds XOFFBATT : N/A SELFTEST : NO STATFLAG : 0x07000008 Status Flag MANDATE : 2005-03-16 SERIALNO : QB0[deleted] BATTDATE : 2005-03-16 NOMINV : 120 Volts NOMBATTV : 24.0 Volts NOMPOWER : 865 Watts FIRMWARE : 8.g8 .D USB FW:g8 APCMODEL : Back-UPS RS 1500 END APC : 2011-06-22 20:20:22 -0700 After startx command is run and KDE v3.5.10 desktop with Compiz is up and idling: APC : 001,037,0905 DATE : 2011-06-22 20:20:49 -0700 HOSTNAME : MyBox VERSION : 3.14.8 (16 January 2010) debian UPSNAME : MyBox CABLE : USB Cable MODEL : Back-UPS RS 1500 UPSMODE : Stand Alone STARTTIME: 2011-06-14 20:44:35 -0700 STATUS : ONLINE LINEV : 115.0 Volts LOADPCT : 17.0 Percent Load Capacity BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 50.6 Minutes MBATTCHG : 5 Percent MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes MAXTIME : 0 Seconds SENSE : High LOTRANS : 097.0 Volts HITRANS : 138.0 Volts ALARMDEL : Always BATTV : 26.9 Volts LASTXFER : Low line voltage NUMXFERS : 0 TONBATT : 0 seconds CUMONBATT: 0 seconds XOFFBATT : N/A SELFTEST : NO STATFLAG : 0x07000008 Status Flag MANDATE : 2005-03-16 SERIALNO : QB0[deleted] BATTDATE : 2005-03-16 NOMINV : 120 Volts NOMBATTV : 24.0 Volts NOMPOWER : 865 Watts FIRMWARE : 8.g8 .D USB FW:g8 APCMODEL : Back-UPS RS 1500 END APC : 2011-06-22 20:21:49 -0700 Strange that running X makes my UPS show less power used. I guess I shouldn't exit X to save power. :P Is this normal? I am using the latest NVIDIA driver binaries, compiled from its .run files, in Debian (Kernel v2.6.32-...). Obviously, I can't read my sensors -f fully for NVIDIA in text mode since NVIDIA driver isn't in used like in X. More details if useful: # nvclock -D --- nVidia Geforce 8800GT GPU registers --- NV_PMC_BOOT_0 (0x0): 092880a2 NV_PBUS_DEBUG_0 (0x1080): 00000000 NV_PBUS_DEBUG_1 (0x1084): 00041469 NV_PBUS_DEBUG_2 (0x1088): 00000000 NV_PBUS_DEBUG_3 (0x108c): 000000d1 NV_10F0 (0x10f0): 00000000 NV_1540 (0x1540): f30f007f NV_15B0 (0x15b0): 00000000 NV_15B4 (0x15b4): 00000000 NV_15B8 (0x15b8): 00000000 NV_15F0 (0x15f0): 00000000 NV_15F4 (0x15f4): 00000000 NV_15F8 (0x15f8): 00000000 NV_PBUS_PCI_0 (0x1800): 061110de NV_PBUS_PCI_0 (0x182c): 053c10de NV_C010 (0xc010): 00000000 NV_C014 (0xc014): 00000000 NV_C018 (0xc018): 00000000 NV_C01C (0xc01c): 00000000 I went back to X (startx) and reran nvclock -D command to see if there are any differences: # nvclock -D --- nVidia Geforce 8800GT GPU registers --- NV_PMC_BOOT_0 (0x0): 092880a2 NV_PBUS_DEBUG_0 (0x1080): 00000000 NV_PBUS_DEBUG_1 (0x1084): 00041469 NV_PBUS_DEBUG_2 (0x1088): 00000000 NV_PBUS_DEBUG_3 (0x108c): 000000d1 NV_10F0 (0x10f0): 00000000 NV_1540 (0x1540): f30f007f NV_15B0 (0x15b0): 00000000 NV_15B4 (0x15b4): 00000000 NV_15B8 (0x15b8): 00000000 NV_15F0 (0x15f0): 00000000 NV_15F4 (0x15f4): 00000000 NV_15F8 (0x15f8): 00000000 NV_PBUS_PCI_0 (0x1800): 061110de NV_PBUS_PCI_0 (0x182c): 053c10de NV_C010 (0xc010): 00000000 NV_C014 (0xc014): 00000000 NV_C018 (0xc018): 00000000 NV_C01C (0xc01c): 00000000 NV_C020 (0xc020): 00000000 NV_C024 (0xc024): 00000000 NV_C028 (0xc028): 00000000 NV_C02C (0xc02c): 00000000 NV_C040 (0xc040): 2e80dbb3 NV_4000 (0x4000): 00000000 NV_4004 (0x4004): 00000000 NV_4008 (0x4008): 8018e400 NV_400C (0x400c): 00001903 NV_4010 (0x4010): 00000000 NV_4014 (0x4014): 00000000 NV_4018 (0x4018): 00001200 NV_401C (0x401c): 00001c03 NV_4020 (0x4020): 80000000 NV_4024 (0x4024): 00001c02 NV_4028 (0x4028): a0000000 NV_402C (0x402c): 00002707 NV_4030 (0x4030): a0090000 NV_4034 (0x4034): 00001202 NV_4038 (0x4038): 00000000 NV_403C (0x403c): 00000000 NV_4040 (0x4040): 00010000 NV_4044 (0x4044): 00010000 NV_4048 (0x4048): 00000000 NV_404C (0x404c): 00000000 NV_4050 (0x4050): 00010000 NV_4054 (0x4054): 00000000 NV_4058 (0x4058): 00000000 NV_405C (0x405c): 00000000 NV_4060 (0x4060): 00010000 NV_E100 (0xe100): 00001900 NV_E114 (0xe114): 00000001 NV_E118 (0xe118): 00000000 NV_E11C (0xe11c): 00000001 NV_E120 (0xe120): 00000000 NV_E300 (0xe300): 00000100 NV_20008 (0x20008): c0083905 NV_20400 (0x20400): 00000000 NV_PDISPLAY_SOR0_REGS_BRIGHTNESS(c084): 00000000 NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x100200): 01001000 NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x100204): 01449000 NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x100208): 00000000 NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x10020c): 20000000 NV_PFB_218 (0x100218): 01000101 NV_PFB_TIMING0 (0x100220): 0d162f23 NV_PFB_TIMING1 (0x100224): 11010a0b NV_PFB_TIMING2 (0x100228): 0208080c NV_PFB_474 (0x100474): 00000000 NV_PEXTDEV_BOOT_0 (0x101000): 9f428486 NV_NVPLL_COEFF_A (0x680500): 00000000 NV_MPLL_COEFF_A (0x680504): 00000000 NV_VPLL_COEFF (0x680508): 00000000 NV_PLL_COEFF_SELECT (0x68050c): 00000000 NV_NVPLL_COEFF_B (0x680570: 00000000 NV_MPLL_COEFF_B (0x680574: 00000000 --- PCI header --- 00: de 10 11 06 07 00 10 00 a2 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 10: 00 00 00 fd 0c 00 00 d0 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 fa 20: 00 00 00 00 01 ec 00 00 00 00 00 00 de 10 3c 05 30: 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 01 00 00 40: de 10 3c 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ce d6 23 00 00 00 00 00 60: 01 68 03 00 08 00 00 00 05 78 80 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 02 00 e0 84 2c 01 80: 10 29 00 00 02 2d 00 00 48 00 02 11 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 NV_C020 (0xc020): 00000000 NV_C024 (0xc024): 00000000 NV_C028 (0xc028): 00000000 NV_C02C (0xc02c): 00000000 NV_C040 (0xc040): 2e80dbb3 NV_4000 (0x4000): 00000000 NV_4004 (0x4004): 00000000 NV_4008 (0x4008): 8018e400 NV_400C (0x400c): 00001903 NV_4010 (0x4010): 00000000 NV_4014 (0x4014): 00000000 NV_4018 (0x4018): 00001200 NV_401C (0x401c): 00001c03 NV_4020 (0x4020): 80000000 NV_4024 (0x4024): 00001c02 NV_4028 (0x4028): a0000000 NV_402C (0x402c): 00002707 NV_4030 (0x4030): a0090000 NV_4034 (0x4034): 00001202 NV_4038 (0x4038): 00000000 NV_403C (0x403c): 00000000 NV_4040 (0x4040): 00010000 NV_4044 (0x4044): 00010000 NV_4048 (0x4048): 00000000 NV_404C (0x404c): 00000000 NV_4050 (0x4050): 00010000 NV_4054 (0x4054): 00000000 NV_4058 (0x4058): 00000000 NV_405C (0x405c): 00000000 NV_4060 (0x4060): 00010000 NV_E100 (0xe100): 00001900 NV_E114 (0xe114): 00000001 NV_E118 (0xe118): 00000000 NV_E11C (0xe11c): 00000001 NV_E120 (0xe120): 00000000 NV_E300 (0xe300): 00000100 NV_20008 (0x20008): c0083935 NV_20400 (0x20400): 00000000 NV_PDISPLAY_SOR0_REGS_BRIGHTNESS(c084): 00000000 NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x100200): 01001000 NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x100204): 01449000 NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x100208): 00000000 NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x10020c): 20000000 NV_PFB_218 (0x100218): 01000101 NV_PFB_TIMING0 (0x100220): 0d162f23 NV_PFB_TIMING1 (0x100224): 11010a0b NV_PFB_TIMING2 (0x100228): 0208080c NV_PFB_474 (0x100474): 00000000 NV_PEXTDEV_BOOT_0 (0x101000): 9f428486 NV_NVPLL_COEFF_A (0x680500): 00000000 NV_MPLL_COEFF_A (0x680504): 00000000 NV_VPLL_COEFF (0x680508): 00000000 NV_PLL_COEFF_SELECT (0x68050c): 00000000 NV_NVPLL_COEFF_B (0x680570: 00000000 NV_MPLL_COEFF_B (0x680574: 00000000 --- PCI header --- 00: de 10 11 06 07 00 10 00 a2 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 10: 00 00 00 fd 0c 00 00 d0 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 fa 20: 00 00 00 00 01 ec 00 00 00 00 00 00 de 10 3c 05 30: 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 01 00 00 40: de 10 3c 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ce d6 23 00 00 00 00 00 60: 01 68 03 00 08 00 00 00 05 78 80 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 02 00 e0 84 2c 01 80: 10 29 00 00 02 2d 00 00 48 00 02 11 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 $ nvclock -i -- General info -- Card: nVidia Geforce 8800GT Architectu G92 A2 PCI id: 0x611 GPU clock: 601.712 MHz Bustype: PCI-Express -- Shader info -- Clock: 1512.000 MHz Stream units: 112 (01111111b) ROP units: 16 (1111b) -- Memory info -- Amount: 512 MB Type: 256 bit DDR3 Clock: 899.996 MHz -- PCI-Express info -- Current Rate: 16X Maximum rate: 16X -- Sensor info -- Sensor: Analog Devices ADT7473 Board temperatu 61C GPU temperatu 76C Fanspeed: 3941 RPM Fanspeed mode: manual PWM duty cycle: 65.5% -- VideoBios information -- Version: 62.92.1f.00.09 Signon message: GeForce 8800 GT VGA BIOS Performance level 0: gpu 600MHz/shader 1500MHz/memory 900MHz/0.00V/100% VID mask: 3 Voltage level 0: 0.95V, VID: 0 Voltage level 1: 1.00V, VID: 1 Voltage level 2: 1.05V, VID: 2 Voltage level 3: 1.10V, VID: 3 Thank you in advance. -- Quote of the Week: "For every 1 person on earth there are 1 million ants." --Factoid for the video of Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes" Pop Up Video /\___/\ Ant @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. 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Linux's console text mode make video card's fan spin up and usemore power?
On Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 14:38:04h -0500, Ant observed:
I noticed most of the times my old NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT video card's fan is quiet in KDE v3.5.10 with Compiz. When I exit out of X (used startx to start X.org) to text mode console, my fan will spin up louder and according to my old APC UPS, more power is used Perhaps because when you are running the KDE desktop, you are running a power management program (PowerDevil?) and when you are not running the KDE desktop you are not running that power management program. [reams of totally unecessary output deleted] |
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Linux's console text mode make video card's fan spin up and usemore power?
Ant wrote:
Hello! I noticed most of the times my old NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT video card's fan is quiet in KDE v3.5.10 with Compiz. When I exit out of X (used startx to start X.org) to text mode console, my fan will spin up louder and according to my old APC UPS, more power is used: snip The video card fan speed, is software controlled. Depending on the situation, you may not have the necessary software path to make that happen. As a result, if you're lucky, the fan defaults to 100%. This was such an annoyance for me (I boot a lot of LiveCDs, which lack the necessary driver component), that I butchered the fan control with a hardware method, so Linux would no longer "spool up" the fan on me. Now, I enjoy blissful silence. That is only practical, because I characterized the video card behavior, and determined that 20% was plenty of cooling, even in 3D games. I set up an external voltage supply to the fan, to achieve 20% fan speed. I checked in Windows, to verify temps with GPUZ. So I was careful to design it, so it achieved the same result as the software method. My method is inferior, in the sense that it isn't speed controlled. The fan can't drop back in speed, when the card is cool. The fan runs fast enough, so it is cooled properly under any load. For a big-assed video card, the above is not a valid approach. I could do this, because my card is gutless :-) For an 8800 GT, I'd need a lot more than a 20% static setting. And that would be too loud. There should never have been software control of fan speed in the first place! This could all have been done in hardware, with no unnecessary roaring fans or anything. It's just stupid, that the hardware was designed this way. It has even allowed video cards to be damaged, when Nvidia released drivers with improper fan speed setting software. If there was hardware closed loop control, that would never have happened. Doing this in software, is *so* unnecessary. If you want control in Text Mode, you'd going to need to research how the driver code works, and whether there is a separate utility for adjusting it. I tried researching this in the past, but don't remember the details. I don't have to, because mine is "fixed" (like neutering your dog...) :-) No loud fan for me. HTH, Paul |
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Linux's console text mode make video card's fan spin up and usemore power?
On 6/24/2011 12:08 AM PT, Paul typed:
I noticed most of the times my old NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT video card's fan is quiet in KDE v3.5.10 with Compiz. When I exit out of X (used startx to start X.org) to text mode console, my fan will spin up louder and according to my old APC UPS, more power is used: The video card fan speed, is software controlled. Depending on the situation, you may not have the necessary software path to make that happen. As a result, if you're lucky, the fan defaults to 100%. This was such an annoyance for me (I boot a lot of LiveCDs, which lack the necessary driver component), that I butchered the fan control with a hardware method, so Linux would no longer "spool up" the fan on me. Now, I enjoy blissful silence. Yes, that's annoying too! That is only practical, because I characterized the video card behavior, and determined that 20% was plenty of cooling, even in 3D games. I set up an external voltage supply to the fan, to achieve 20% fan speed. I checked in Windows, to verify temps with GPUZ. So I was careful to design it, so it achieved the same result as the software method. My method is inferior, in the sense that it isn't speed controlled. The fan can't drop back in speed, when the card is cool. The fan runs fast enough, so it is cooled properly under any load. For a big-assed video card, the above is not a valid approach. I could do this, because my card is gutless :-) For an 8800 GT, I'd need a lot more than a 20% static setting. And that would be too loud. There should never have been software control of fan speed in the first place! This could all have been done in hardware, with no unnecessary roaring fans or anything. It's just stupid, that the hardware was designed this way. It has even allowed video cards to be damaged, when Nvidia released drivers with improper fan speed setting software. If there was hardware closed loop control, that would never have happened. Doing this in software, is *so* unnecessary. If you want control in Text Mode, you'd going to need to research how the driver code works, and whether there is a separate utility for adjusting it. I tried researching this in the past, but don't remember the details. I don't have to, because mine is "fixed" (like neutering your dog...) :-) No loud fan for me. Yeah, I posted about this in http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show....php?p=2445518 as well, and it looks like it does require major hacking which could be dangerous to the hardwares. Oh well. I guess I will stick with being in X mode then. I like to shut down X when not using my old Linux/Debian box for a very long time to save system resources. I find it odd that X uses less power. I wonder if ATI video cards behave like this too. Does anyone know? -- "There are things in the Universe billions of years older than either of our races. They are vast, timeless, and if they are aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know. We've tried and we've learned that we can either stay out from underfoot or be stepped on. They are a mystery and I am both terrified and reassured that to know that there are still wonders in the Universe, that we have not explained everything. Whatever they are, Miss Sakai, they walk near Sigma 957 and they must walk there alone." --G'Kar - Mind War /\___/\ Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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Linux's console text mode make video card's fan spin up and usemore power?
On 6/23/2011 2:05 PM PT, J G Miller typed:
I noticed most of the times my old NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT video card's fan is quiet in KDE v3.5.10 with Compiz. When I exit out of X (used startx to start X.org) to text mode console, my fan will spin up louder and according to my old APC UPS, more power is used Perhaps because when you are running the KDE desktop, you are running a power management program (PowerDevil?) and when you are not running the KDE desktop you are not running that power management program. I don't see any power management in my KDE v3.5.10's Control Center. :/ I do use xscreensaver's monitor sleep after a couple hours and cpuidle. I searched for PowerDevil and none exists even in Debian's apt-cache search. I have never heard of it before either. -- "When the ants unite their mouths, they can carry an elephant." --Mossian Proverb /\___/\ Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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Linux's console text mode make video card's fan spin up and usemore power?
Ant wrote:
I wonder if ATI video cards behave like this too. Does anyone know? Unhappy users are a dime a dozen... http://forums.amd.com/game/messagevi...=y&STARTPAGE=2 Paul |
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Linux's console text mode make video card's fan spin up and usemore power?
On Saturday, June 25th, 2011 at 02:25:53h -0700, Ant explained:
I searched for PowerDevil and none exists even in Debian's apt-cache search. I have never heard of it before either. Well I did put a ? indicating if that I was not certain of the name. PowerDevil is the name of the power management software under KDE4. KDE3.5 uses a program called kpowersave. http://kde-apps.ORG/content/show.php?content=29295 BTW is this issue on your Debian system whose package management is messed up because you have apt sources pointing to updates which include KDE4 but which you do not want installed? |
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Linux's console text mode make video card's fan spin up and usemore power?
On 6/25/2011 4:53 AM PT, Paul typed:
I wonder if ATI video cards behave like this too. Does anyone know? Unhappy users are a dime a dozen... http://forums.amd.com/game/messagevi...=y&STARTPAGE=2 Interesting and that is in Windows. -- "Stan, are you OK?" --Francine; "Yeah. Hey, you look like ants from down here. Wait, wait, those are just ants on my eyes..." --Stan from American Dad's S3E15 (Stanny Slickers 2: The Legend of Ollie's Gold) deleted scene /\___/\ Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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Linux's console text mode make video card's fan spin up and usemore power?
On 6/25/2011 5:36 AM PT, J G Miller typed:
I searched for PowerDevil and none exists even in Debian's apt-cache search. I have never heard of it before either. Well I did put a ? indicating if that I was not certain of the name. PowerDevil is the name of the power management software under KDE4. Ah, sorry. I missed your question mark. I was posting at 2:25 AM PDT. KDE3.5 uses a program called kpowersave. http://kde-apps.ORG/content/show.php?content=29295 http://packages.debian.org/search?ke... l§ion=all as well. $ locate kpowersave $ locate powersave /etc/smartmontools/run.d/10powersave-notify /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_powersave.ko /usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/intel-audio-powersave /usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/sched-powersave /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00powersave /usr/sbin/pm-powersave /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/powersave.txt /usr/share/man/man8/pm-powersave.8.gz /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686/include/config/cpu/freq/gov/powersave.h I installed it and it looks like this is mainly for laptops/notebooks and Xscreesaver already does my monitor to sleep: # apt-cache show kpowersave Package: kpowersave Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: kde Installed-Size: 5164 Maintainer: Debian KDE Extras Team Architectu i386 Version: 0.7.3-3 Depends: kdelibs4c2a (= 4:3.5.9), libc6 (= 2.7-1), libdbus-1-3 (= 1.0.2), libdbus-qt-1-1c2 (= 0.62.git.20060814), libgcc1 (= 1:4.1.1), libhal1 (= 0.5.10), libstdc++6 (= 4.1.1), libxext6, libxss1, libxtst6, hal (= 0.5.8.1) Conffiles: /etc/kde3/kpowersaverc 2073ae83c2445f386d612a9df72b8705 Description: HAL based power management applet for KDE KPowersave is a KDE systray applet which allows to control the power management settings and policies of your computer. It relies on HAL to do the heavy lifting. |
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Linux's console text mode make video card's fan spin up and usemore power?
On Jun 23, 10:38*pm, (Ant) wrote:
Hello! I noticed most of the times my old NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT video card's fan is quiet in KDE v3.5.10 with Compiz. When I exit out of X (used startx to start X.org) to text mode console, my fan will spin up louder and according to my old APC UPS, more power is used: [snip] that's because nVidia and amd have quietly joined the anti text mode consortium founded by apple and have quietly bought up the controlling stake in all liquid cooling manufacturers to make a buck on a side all the more reason to have a dedicated linux box of you need it and have an htpc fanless card in it that or help nvidia to make profit from its secret investments |
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