Re: [Bluemusic-users] battery life w blue/csound
Brought to you by:
kunstmusik
From: Steven Y. <ste...@gm...> - 2008-02-22 02:07:36
|
Hi Atte, One thing you may want to try is powertop: http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/ It can help diagnose what is draining your batteries. As for sched, I used to use it and would run as root to use it, but as the kernel developed, latency out of a stock kernel seemed to be fine to use just as a normal user. I also don't often do any realtime input, listening to things I've worked on versus MIDI control or things like that. So I stopped using sched and haven't had any problems. steven On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Atte André Jensen <att...@gm...> wrote: > Steven Yi wrote: > > Hi Atte, > > > > 5 minutes sounds pretty bad. =( > > Ok, maybe I was exaggerating :-) > > > > Csound itself is certainly taxing and > > blue and Java are somewhat taxing. > > Also if rendering with csound running at 5-10% cpu usage? > > > > I have been using Thinkpads for 6 > > years or so now and I found my batteries, once they started to go, > > really died quickly after that. > > I think this battery has been almost like this since I got it (used, as > a gift) in the summer of '06. > > > > However, I don't remember > > experiencing such a drastic difference in battery when working with > > blue/csound on battery, though I don't use --sched anymore. > > Out of curiosity; why not --sched? > > > > I would be > > able to do work for a couple hours on the batteries I had when they > > were in good working order. > > That sound good! > > > > Could you test with just Csound? > > I'll try, hopefully over the weekend. > > > > Also with Csound without using > > sched? > > I'll do that tomorrow! > > > > Also what OS, thinkpad model, kernel, etc. are you using? > > ubuntu 7.10, t41, 2.6.22-14-rt (the one in ubuntu), with gnome. > > I just switched from (or rather; I'm still in the process of/trying to > switch from) debian, and I think I noticed a drop in battery life with > ubuntu. Esp I have to disable the wireless (it seems), something that > didn't matter under debian. > > Well basically I could buy a new battery, and I even ordered one, but > they seems be be slow in delivery, so now I'm starting to have second > thoughts. Basically I'm wondering if I would really experience at > drastic boost in battery life with a new battery. Hence this thread in > an attempt to figure out if it's my configuration or the battery that's > giving me poor battery life. > > -- > > > peace, love & harmony > Atte > > http://atte.dk | http://myspace.com/attejensen > http://anagrammer.dk | http://modlys.dk > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Bluemusic-users mailing list > Blu...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluemusic-users > |