In comparison, I have attached the powertop results after downgrading to Intel 2.4 drivers (before the intrusive GEM changes). Power use has greatly decreased to below the level of Hardy. top also shows only 1-2% cpu activity for Xorg.
** Attachment added: "powertop - intel 2.4" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25873520/powertop%20-%20intel%202.4 -- xserver 1.6.0 - High %CPU/Power Usage with Intel GM965 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364359 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs