UbuntuLinux电池续航时间问题解决方法.docVIP

Ubuntu, CPU Scaling, Battery life and You CPU Scaling is a feature built into most modern (mobile) CPUs that allows them to scale up or down in how fast they run and how much energy they suck down based on demand. If you have a fairly modern mobile computer there’s a very good chance that your CPU(s) can handle frequency scaling. Why should you care? Well, you can control this to tell you computer how much power and how fast it should allow it’s CPU(s) to operate. This can save some energy and thus battery life at the expense of a little performance – which is great for extending the use time of your laptop when it’s unplugged.Can your CPU(s) handle scaling? There’s an easy way to find out. Open up a terminal session (Applications - Accessories -Terminal) and type or paste the following into it: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequenciesOn my machine I get back 1667000 1333000 1000000Those are in Hertz, so my machine is capable of 1.66Ghz, 1.33Ghz and 1.00 Ghz.Now that you know your CPU(s) can handle scaling, let’s see what modes are available. In the terminal, type or paste: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governorsAgain, I get powersave ondemand userspace conservative performancePowersave will keep the CPU constantly at the lowest frequency. Ondemand will set the CPU at the lowest frequency (in my case, 1.00Ghz) until use of the CPU increases, then it will automatically bump it up to the highest frequency (with me, 1.66Ghz). Userspace means that a different program will be used to control the CPU’s scaling. Conservative is where your CPU will go up as needed, starting at the lowest frequency, and then bumping up to the next available until it maxes out. Performance simply sets the CPU(s) at the highest available frequency and keeps it there.The lower your frequency, the less power you use. So, if you’re bent on extending your battery life to the max, you’d want to keep your CPU(s) at their lowest frequency –