The PowerTop program (http://www.linuxpowertop.org/) helps find what is using the most power on a machine. Out of the possible suggestions, beagle is the only app to be recommended for removal by the tool itself. The remaining are kernel. That doesn't seem very fair, does it? --- snip from strings /usr/bin/powertop --- Suggestion: Disable or remove 'beagle' from your system. Beagle is the program that indexes for easy desktop search, however it's not very efficient and costs a significant amount of battery life. beagled : schedule_timeout Suggestion: Enable the CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND kernel configuration option. This option will automatically disable UHCI USB when not in use, and may save approximately 1 Watt of power. CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND Suggestion: Enable the CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND kernel configuration option. The 'ondemand' CPU speed governer will minimize the CPU power usage while giving you performance when it is needed. CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND Suggestion: Enable the CONFIG_NO_HZ kernel configuration option. This option is required to get any kind of longer sleep times in the CPU. CONFIG_NO_HZ Suggestion: Enable the CONFIG_HPET kernel configuration option. Without HPET support the kernel needs to wake up every 20 miliseconds for some housekeeping tasks. CONFIG_HPET Suggestion: Disable the CONFIG_IRQBALANCE kernel configuration option. The in-kernel irq balancer is obsolete and wakes the CPU up far more than needed. CONFIG_IRQBALANCE --- snip -- -- Pat Double, pat patdouble com "Ye must be born again." - John 3:7
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