[Gllug] Power consumption of Acer Aspire Revo

[John Winters]

Peter Childs wrote:
> 2009/6/21 John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk>:
[snip]
>> Why should a computer use less power with gdm (and X) running than without?
>>
> 
> My Guess is that is screen refresh rate, No X means the machine runs
> the screen at a standard refresh rate to give you the 25x80 character
> display, where as X will run is what ever the screen optimized refresh
> rate and resolution, which takes less power.

I've tried doing Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to a text-mode screen and the
power consumption stays at the lower level.  It seems to be necessary
only for X to be running, not necessarily driving the display.

John
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