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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

How about the mW before and after switching the card off?

You should unplug your laptop, then switch the card off, then wait for
a few seconds, and look at the line "present rate":

present rate:            16605 mW

On different laptop models, there is a 3000-4000 mW decrease in battery use...

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Dante Paz <dante.paz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I can confirm (after repeating the procedure several times) that there is an
> improvement of 200mA on the battery discharging rate (reported by acpi) with
> an scatter of 30 or 20 mA.
> It would be great to confirm if this is the power consumption of the nvidia
> 310m.
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Dante Paz <dante.paz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> May these stuff are working, but I have my doubts.
>>
>> First I had to unload the nvidia kernel modules:
>> # rmmod nvidiafb
>> # rmmod nouveau
>>
>> Then I loaded the acpi_call module:
>> insmod acpi_call.ko
>>
>> before to try test_off.sh script I checked the battery state:
>> # cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
>>
>> present:                 yes
>> capacity state:          ok
>> charging state:          discharging
>> present rate:            1129 mA
>> remaining capacity:      4453 mAh
>> present voltage:         16410 mV
>>
>> # ./test_off.sh
>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.VGA._OFF: failed
>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.VGA._OFF: failed
>> Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.ATPX: failed
>> Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.XTPX: failed
>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P3.PEGP._OFF: failed
>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.PEGP._OFF: failed
>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.PEGP._OFF: works!
>>
>> and just immediately after that:
>>
>> capacity state:          ok
>> charging state:          discharging
>> present rate:            1166 mA
>> remaining capacity:      4306 mAh
>> present voltage:         17195 mV
>>
>> # lspci | grep -i VGA
>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Arrandale Integrated
>> Graphics Controller (rev 18)
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0a75 (rev ff)
>>
>> I had to plugged the adapter, because I had to let the laptop alone for 40
>> minutes (sorry! I'm not sure if this could be change the results)
>> Now I unplug the adapter and I get this:
>>
>>  # cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
>> present:                 yes
>> capacity state:          ok
>> charging state:          discharging
>> present rate:            961 mA
>> remaining capacity:      5600 mAh
>> present voltage:         16981 mV
>>
>> after a few minutes:
>>
>>  # cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
>> present:                 yes
>> capacity state:          ok
>> charging state:          discharging
>> present rate:            949 mA
>> remaining capacity:      5123 mAh
>> present voltage:         16847 mV
>>
>> I think that is could be a good signal, despite the fact that lscpi still
>> reporting the nvidia vga card.
>> Best,
>> Dante
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Dawid Lorenz <dawid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 4 February 2011 15:32, Jesus Monzon Legido <gsusmonzon@xxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Finally I follow the steps on [#3 Disable the nvidia gaphics card to
>>>> increase battery life] adapted to my card
>>>>
>>>> http://robbyx.net/blog/?p=190
>>>>
>>>> so that it is switched off on each system logon. I attach the nvdown
>>>> that worked for me (the one in the article is for Asus Laptop).
>>>
>>> Post at http://robbyx.net/blog/?p=190 suggests following output after
>>> insering acpi_call.ko module and running ./test_off.sh:
>>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.VGA._OFF: failed
>>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.VGA._OFF: failed
>>> Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.ATPX: failed
>>> Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.XTPX: failed
>>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P3.PEGP._OFF: failed
>>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.PEGP._OFF: failed
>>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.PEGP._OFF: failed
>>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.MXR0.MXM0._OFF: failed
>>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.PEG1.GFX0._OFF: works!
>>> What I am getting on my Dell Vostro 3300 is:
>>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.VGA._OFF: failed
>>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.VGA._OFF: failed
>>> Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.ATPX: failed
>>> Trying \_SB_.PCI0.OVGA.XTPX: failed
>>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P3.PEGP._OFF: failed
>>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P2.PEGP._OFF: failed
>>> Trying \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.PEGP._OFF: works!
>>> And after running that I still see nvidia on the lspci list:
>>> [root@v3300 acpi_call]# lspci | grep -i vga
>>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor
>>> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)
>>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce
>>> 310M] (rev ff)
>>> So probably it isn't switched off after all. Or maybe I'm doing something
>>> wrong.
>>> Basically, ./test_off.sh script "works!" on different part of the test in
>>> my case but I'm not sure what does that mean, really. Could someone explain
>>> what these acronyms (ie. \_SB.PCI0.P0P1.PEGP._OFF) exactly mean?
>>> --
>>> Dawid 'evad' Lorenz * http://dawid.lorenz.co
>>>
>>> null:// I haven't lost my mind - it's backed up on disk somewhere
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>>
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> Dante Javier Paz
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> Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba
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