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Bug#990162: power consumption regression

Started byJohn <johnbast@protonmail.com>
First post2021-07-01 23:40 +0200
Last post2021-07-03 14:00 +0200
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  Bug#990162: power consumption regression John <johnbast@protonmail.com> - 2021-07-01 23:40 +0200
    Bug#990162: power consumption regression John <johnbast@protonmail.com> - 2021-07-03 14:00 +0200

#72335 — Bug#990162: power consumption regression

FromJohn <johnbast@protonmail.com>
Date2021-07-01 23:40 +0200
SubjectBug#990162: power consumption regression
Message-ID<CwczD-3YU-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
Tested Debian Bullseye RC2 - no Desktop Environment (GUI)

appended to /etc/sources on deb lines:
contrib nonfree

apt install firmware-misc-nonfree
apt install powertop

powertop --auto-tune run as a service at boot

/etc/default/grub contains
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet consoleblank=5"
# update-grub

# cat /sys/module/kernel/parameters/consoleblank
5
(screen is blanked)

# cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/graphics/fb0/blank
(no value)

The dmesg errors are gone. The disk was repartitioned during install.

There is no longer a drop in power consumption at console blanking. We're back to +25%.

These do not have the desired power reduction effect:
echo 1 > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/graphics/fb0/blank
(no change in power consumption)
echo > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/graphics/fb0/blank
(disables blanking, screen blanks again after 5 seconds, same level of power consumption)

attempted again:
echo 1 > /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/graphics/fb0/blank
(no change in power consumption)

It seems no longer possible to use these settings as they were to reduce power consumption.
It seems power consumption reduction by the turning off console is not working.

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FromJohn <johnbast@protonmail.com>
Date2021-07-03 14:00 +0200
Message-ID<CwMts-3py-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#72335
The power consumption measurement in my previous message using RC2 was executed wrong. A USB key added to the power consumption.

The conclusions based on that are wrong.

New test result after reboot: +6% compared to Debian 10. The same power consumption level as in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=990162#31 .

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