On 01/07/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm thinking of setting up a Intel P4 based desktop PC at home, which > will run Ubuntu and may spend long periods of time doing nothing or > very little. > > I'm aware that CPU frequency scaling can be implemented on certain > laptop processors, but wondered what power management stuff is > available to me on the desktop. > > I want to be able to connect to file shares on the computer (which > will be part of a wireless network) so I don't want it to totally > power down and become un-responsive. > > What sort of things can I do with Ubuntu to reduce the amount of > electricity I use on this desktop, and what kind of power savings > would I expect to see? Are there fine-grained methods I can use to > power down certain unused hardware after a certain amount of > inactivity etc? > > Thanks in advance! > > Chris
Hi Chris, Try looking for powertop on Intel's site, and have a look for an article about it on developerWorks (an IBM site, I think the base URL is http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks). This is a utility that lets you tune all the power management features of newer Intel processors. Ahh, found a link too. http://www.linuxpowertop.org/ Hwyl, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
