[  etch-backports  ] [  lenny  ] [  sid  ]
[ Source: powertop  ]

Package: powertop (1.10-2 and others)

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.

Tags: Hardware Enablement: Laptop, Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility

Other Packages Related to powertop

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: libc0.1 (>= 2.5-5) [kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc0.1-udeb
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) [m68k]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) [not alpha, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, m68k]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.3) [armel]
    GCC support library
  • dep: libncursesw5 (>= 5.6+20071006-3) [not kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386]
    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

Download powertop

Download for all available architectures
Architecture Version Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 1.10-2 78.8 kB440 kB [list of files]
amd64 1.10-2 75.1 kB424 kB [list of files]
arm 1.10-2 71.7 kB412 kB [list of files]
armel 1.10-2 77.4 kB424 kB [list of files]
hppa 1.10-2 78.0 kB428 kB [list of files]
i386 1.10-2 70.9 kB420 kB [list of files]
ia64 1.10-2 83.2 kB480 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-amd64 (unofficial port) 1.2-1 13.0 kB48 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-i386 (unofficial port) 1.2-1 12.6 kB48 kB [list of files]
m68k 1.10-2 70.9 kB412 kB [list of files]
mips 1.10-2 76.8 kB440 kB [list of files]
mipsel 1.10-2 75.3 kB440 kB [list of files]
powerpc 1.10-2 77.0 kB432 kB [list of files]
s390 1.10-2 73.6 kB424 kB [list of files]
sparc 1.10-2 71.7 kB420 kB [list of files]