Same issue for my Lenovo T400 with Core 2 Duo (P8400), a brief description of my case is posted here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1390055#7
There was a daily update today ... my kernel was just updated to 2.6.32-22, but its appetite on power doesn't change at all ... :( -- Tens of wakes per second in "[kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick" on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs