The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 5397 Logged by: Steve White Email address: stevan_wh...@hotmail.com PostgreSQL version: 8.4.2 Operating system: Ubuntu 10.5 beta Description: powertop reports excessive wakeups Details:
This is a Samsung NC20. The goal is to use this machine for occasional testing of a database, but to keep its power consumption minimal. Intel powertop reports the second biggest cause of wakeups (after the network device ath) is postgres: Top causes for wakeups 23.6% ( 11.7)D postgres This is with a cleanly installed database, not being accessed at all. Cheers! -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs