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[ketan <ketan.davvindore@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Dell XPS L501x

BEFORE:
ketan@ubuntu-ketan:~$ grep rate $cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
present rate:            2354 mW

AFTER:
ketan@ubuntu-ketan:~$ grep rate $cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
present rate:            1888 mW




On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Dante Paz <dante.paz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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...
>>
>>
> Sorry, when I said "battery discharging rate" actually I was talking about
> the present rate.
>
> before trying acpi_call
>
> # 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
>
> after:
>  # 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
>
> My system is a Dell Vostro 3300 with gentoo linux and the git kernel
> 2.6.37.
>
> The conversion of Amps to Watts is governed by the equation Watts = Amps x
> Volts
> In my case a saving of 200 mA on the present rate is:
>
> 200./1000.*16500/1000.)*1000. = 3300 mW
>
> Where the factor 1000. is to change back and forth from mili units (1000 mA
> = 1 A)
> 16500 is the present voltage in mV.
>
>
>
>
>
>>  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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>> >> Dante Javier Paz
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>> >>
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>> >>
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>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> > Dante Javier Paz
>> > Instituto de Astronomía, Teórica y Experimental, IATE
>> > Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba
>> >
>> > Tel: (54) 351-4331066 ext 210
>> > Web: www.iate.oac.uncor.edu
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>> > ARGENTINA
>> >
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Ketan Deshmukh