PowerTOP is a Linux tool to diagnose issues with power consumption and power management.

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Openbox root autostart?

I want to run a script as root when the computer starts. This was earlier done in rc.local but not anymore. What i've tried: putting the script in /etc/profile.d adding the /pathto/script.sh in ...
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Power consumption monitoring problem

I used powertop v.2.1 under Ubuntu 12.04 but it missed the power est. column.It's the same situation as described https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796068‎ and that bug is supposed to be ...
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Return value of current watt consumption on command line

Is there a way to return the current watt consumption on the command line? I have found about the powertop program, but have not seen a way to return the Watt consumption as a value to the command ...
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How do I make Powertop's suggestion's permanent?

When I run Powertop, and look at the Tunables screen, about twenty things are listed as Bad. I can toggle these to Good by pressing enter, and when I do so, projected battery lifetime doubles. How ...