Re: [Cooker] Re: 2008.1 extremely power hungry?

[Steve Morris]

Steve Morris wrote:
> Colin Guthrie wrote:
> > Steve Morris wrote:
> > > Thanks Col, I will check this out. I don't think I am using gcj as I 
> > > uninstalled 1.6.0.6 to try the version from sun to check its power 
> > > consumption, and wasn't able to install sun's version as it requires 
> > > libstdc++5 whereas I have libstdc++6 installed, hence the running 
> > > java is presumably 1.7 which I had installed as well. In this 
> > > situation powertop indicated that the % interrupts from java dropped 
> > > by about 10%. Also I attempted to uninstall Java 1.7 and rpmdrake 
> > > complained that openoffice needed java installed.
> >
> > As long as you use the Mandriva provided Java packages for Sun's 
> > JDK/JRE, then our other packages will not complain. The main problem 
> > will come when you try to install Sun's RPM package... Try not to do 
> > that, and stick to the Mdv packages if you can.
> I was attempting to install Sun's version just to see if there were 
> any power consumption differences, as I know from 1.6.0.4 that 
> Mandriva's java package is not necessarily the same as Sun's. Hence I 
> am trying to isolate where the issues might be, which for me at the 
> moment is taking up time I can't afford, as I am trying to do online 
> development courses while travelling on a train to/from work, and the 
> power consumption issue is starting to severely impact my ability to 
> undertake the coursework in available timeframes. These issues have 
> already put me almost two weeks behind, and it is looking like I may 
> not pass the course because I can't meet the required timeframes.
>
> regards,
> Steve
Hi,
   My problem with the laptop battery power consumption problem has now 
gone away as the laptop battery has now failed. The worst part about 
this is that it is more cost effective to buy a new laptop than buy a 
new battery, given the cost of the replacement battery.

regards,
Steve

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