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Freeze when running powertop or powertop --calibrate

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Hi I updated my kernel to try the incoming 6.1-rc1 (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1501278bb7ba0728b869d3399ea94b67853256a2). when I start `powertop`, my laptop freezes (I do not see any feedback hinting to a kernel panic or...

aacebedo

missing power estimation ?

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I've just installed it on arch & the overview doesn't seem to show power est. beside usage ? Documentation & manpages doesn't seem to explain about this too. Calibration output:...

ghost

Issue kernel 6.1 rc1 freeze

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Running powertop auto tune on kernel 6.1rc1 results in computer freeze..... It's not computer related or anything else.... It will freeze even in a qemu vm running the kernel and...

thor2002ro

Feature request: generic power meter

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I might work on this myself in a bit of time; I'd like to know if that would be accepted. For now, I'm just throwing this idea here. The idea...

MayeulC

calibration: modprobe cpufreq_stats failed

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First line of calibration output is `modprobe cpufreq_stats failed`. Neither my arch nor my fedora installation seem to have that kernel module (`/lib/modules/…`). Is it still sensible to rely on...

t-nil

Calibration fails under wayland; dpms not supported

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Hello, I had the problem, that running `powertop --calibrate` just turns my brightness off and hangs. I assume this has to do with wayland not supporting dpms. ``` modprobe cpufreq_stats...

t-nil

How to read powertop output? It says my device usage is 100%

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Hello. First of all I am sorry for silly name of the issue. My issue is that powertop shows that my built-in fingerprint reader usage is 100% and that is...

yurii-anikin

> I ran `powertop --calibrate` command and the screen suddenly gone black, I though my computer had crashed so I forced shutdown by holding power button. (my fault I didn't read the wiki well)

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> I ran `powertop --calibrate` command and the screen suddenly gone black, I though my computer had crashed so I forced shutdown by holding power button. (my fault I didn't...

D-EVE-R

Error during configure

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Hello, I am using the latest checkout from git (master). When running configure (after autogen.sh), I get this error: ``` checking the archiver (ar) interface... ar ./configure: line 7603: syntax...

henfri

Way off power estimation Intel AX201 Bluetooth, with HID devices active

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Running `powertop` 2.14 on Fedora 36 (kernel 5.19.4-200) while on AC, and with two Bluetooth devices connected, I get ``` Power est. Usage Events/s Category Description 49.3 W 94.7% Device...

shoffmeister