I have Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop
I'm looking for a way to decrease power consumption.
This is output of powertop
command
Power est. Usage Events/s Category Description
1.30 W 100.0% Device Audio codec hwC0D0: Realtek
I googled a little and find this 100.0% usage related to digital output through HDMI port.
I'm looking for a way to disable digital output or HDMI pot, I don't use this port anyway.
Also I want to have sound.
I put some sound module in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
blacklist snd_hda_codec_realtek
blacklist snd_hda_intel
blacklist snd_hda_codec
Problem solved, but there is not any sound. Any idea appreciated in advance.
Edited : More illustration about the problem
output of 'aplay -l' is
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC269VB Digital [ALC269VB Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
I've wanted to turn off Digital device, because i thinked it is source of power consumption, according to powertop
's output.
Here, what I did.
Added following line at the end of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
blacklist snd_hda_codec_realtek
After restart, Output of aplay -l
is:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: HDA Generic [HDA Generic]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
and output of lsmod | grep snd
is
snd_hda_intel 32765 3
snd_hda_codec 109562 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80916 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25424 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51592 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28931 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 62218 13 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 14635 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14108 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
Unfortunately output of powertop
shows no change
powertop : in Device stats
Power est. Usage Device name
1.26 W 100.0% Audio codec hwC0D0: Realtek
Also in this situation i have not any sound!
Again, I'm looking forward to see your opinion, idea.
powertop
output about Audio codec does not change at all! :( – soroosh Mar 20 '13 at 14:40