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+    <B>Norman Carver</B> 
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+       TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Why would runlevel 3 take more power?">carver at cs.siu.edu
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+<PRE>Set up a new server for home use (DNS, files, etc.) and
+was gratified to find it using around 50 watts when the
+older machine it replaces was using around 90.
+However, just before sticking it in the closet, I changed
+it to runlevel 3 since I won't be using the GUI typically.
+I had assumed this might reduce power usage a bit
+more, but surprisingly it caused the power draw to go UP
+by about 3 watts!  I thought it a fluke, but verified that
+this is a real phenomenon:  the machine draws about
+3 watts less when X and KDE are running than when
+they are not.  Seems like running more processes should
+cause more power usage.  Any ideas what might be
+causing what I see?  Odd.
+
+I note that:
+(1) I set kernel scaling_governor parameter for
+each core to ondemand for any runlevel;
+(2) whether logged into KDE or just sitting at the
+DM the power usage is stabilizes at the same level
+when in runlevel 5;
+(3) I have not made any power settings in KDE and
+the power applet is not running;
+(4) runlevel 5 has all the same services as runleve 5
+plus: dm and atieventsd.
+
+Thanks for any insights!
+Norm
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