Re: [Fwd: Re: enable i915 rc6 save 7 watt on kernel 3.2]

2012-02-03 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:30:46 +, lee wrote in message <87fwevxxeh@songoku.yagibdah.de>: .. > I´ve got a Pavilion DV7 with some integrated Intel card that uses the > i915 driver, and it´s an euphemism to say that the graphics > performance is pitifully pathetic compared to the Nvidia GTX47

Re: [Fwd: Re: enable i915 rc6 save 7 watt on kernel 3.2]

2012-01-31 Thread lee
Martin Steigerwald writes: > options i915 modeset=1 i915_enable_rc6=1 i915_enable_fbc=1 semaphores=1 Isn´t using frame buffer compression likely to lower the graphics performance because of the compression overhead? I´ve got a Pavilion DV7 with some integrated Intel card that uses the i915 driv

Re: [Fwd: Re: enable i915 rc6 save 7 watt on kernel 3.2]

2012-01-23 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 20. Januar 2012 schrieb kei...@strucktower.com: > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:29:19AM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > >> merkaba:~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf > >> options i915 modeset=1 i915_enable_rc6=1 i915_enable_fbc=1 > >> semaphores=1 > > When I try to use this line of

Re: [Fwd: Re: enable i915 rc6 save 7 watt on kernel 3.2]

2012-01-20 Thread keitho
Thanks Chen, using the modinfo command I can see that I was mispelling... I was using fcb instead of fbc... Keith > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 06:07:16PM -0800, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: >> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:29:19AM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: >> >> merkaba:~> cat /etc/modprobe

Re: [Fwd: Re: enable i915 rc6 save 7 watt on kernel 3.2]

2012-01-19 Thread Chen Wei
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 06:07:16PM -0800, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:29:19AM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > >> merkaba:~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf > >> options i915 modeset=1 i915_enable_rc6=1 i915_enable_fbc=1 > >> semaphores=1 > > When I try to use t

Re: [Fwd: Re: enable i915 rc6 save 7 watt on kernel 3.2]

2012-01-19 Thread Chen Wei
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 03:02:16PM -0800, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: > What are you using to measure your laptop power use? > > The LessWatts.org page recommends an external power meter- I wondered if > you have recommendations or tips for a particular type or method? I'm > wondering if there i

Re: [Fwd: Re: enable i915 rc6 save 7 watt on kernel 3.2]

2012-01-19 Thread keitho
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:29:19AM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: >> >> merkaba:~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf >> options i915 modeset=1 i915_enable_rc6=1 i915_enable_fbc=1 semaphores=1 When I try to use this line of options I get an error message saying i915_enable_fcb is an unknown pa

Re: [Fwd: Re: enable i915 rc6 save 7 watt on kernel 3.2]

2012-01-19 Thread keitho
What are you using to measure your laptop power use? The LessWatts.org page recommends an external power meter- I wondered if you have recommendations or tips for a particular type or method? I'm wondering if there is something fairly inexpensive but reliable and possibly useful for other things a