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Package: powertop (1.9-2~bpo40+1) [backports]

linux tool to find out what is using power on a laptop

PowerTOP is a Linux tool that finds the software component(s) that make your laptop use more power than necessary while it is idle. As of Linux kernel version 2.6.21, the kernel no longer has a fixed 1000Hz timer tick. This will (in theory) give a huge power savings because the CPU stays in low power mode for longer periods of time during system idle.

However... there are many things that can ruin the party, both inside the kernel and in userspace. PowerTOP combines various sources of information from the kernel into one convenient screen so that you can see how well your system is doing, and which components are the biggest problem.

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) [not alpha, i386, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) [i386]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3.5-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libncursesw5 (>= 5.4-5)
    Shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
  • sug: cpufrequtils
    utilities to deal with the cpufreq Linux kernel feature
  • sug: laptop-mode-tools
    Scripts to spin down hard drive and save power

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 70.2 kB420 kB [list of files]
amd64 69.1 kB404 kB [list of files]
arm 67.4 kB400 kB [list of files]
hppa 71.3 kB412 kB [list of files]
i386 68.7 kB404 kB [list of files]
ia64 77.0 kB452 kB [list of files]
mips 74.2 kB428 kB [list of files]
mipsel 71.6 kB428 kB [list of files]
powerpc 72.3 kB416 kB [list of files]
s390 68.6 kB412 kB [list of files]
sparc 66.8 kB400 kB [list of files]