2.0 is out , I add to add a -l and it works on debian amd64 but it does not display watts ?
powertop_2.0-0~rzr1_amd64.deb
for d in /sys/class/power_supply/*; do echo $d; cat $d/uevent; done /sys/class/power_supply/ACAD POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=ACAD POWER_SUPPLY_ONLINE=1 /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1 POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=BAT1 POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Unknown POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion POWER_SUPPLY_CYCLE_COUNT=0 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN=11100000 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=12230000 POWER_SUPPLY_POWER_NOW=0 POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_FULL_DESIGN=39960000 POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_FULL=39940000 POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_NOW=39940000 POWER_SUPPLY_MODEL_NAME=PABAS024 POWER_SUPPLY_MANUFACTURER=LG POWER_SUPPLY_SERIAL_NUMBER=3658Q
sudo aptitude install powerstat sudo powerstat Machine is NOT running on battery and hence we cannot measure power usage. Running for 300 seconds (30 samples at 10 second intervals). ACPI battery power measurements will start in 180 seconds time Time User Nice Sys Idle IO Run Ctxt/s IRQ/s Fork Exec Exit Watts 11:56:04 3.3 0.0 2.5 72.3 21.8 1 4827 1364 11 6 10 10.19 11:56:14 3.0 0.0 2.3 71.1 23.6 1 4646 1255 20 6 11 10.26 11:56:24 1.7 0.0 2.2 74.1 22.0 1 3085 916 10 6 10 10.17 ^C-------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ Average 2.7 0.0 2.3 72.5 22.5 1.0 4185.9 1178.3 13.7 6.0 10.3 10.21 StdDev 0.7 0.0 0.1 1.3 0.8 0.0 782.0 191.1 4.5 0.0 0.5 0.04 -------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ Minimum 1.7 0.0 2.2 71.1 21.8 1.0 3084.9 915.6 10.0 6.0 10.0 10.17 Maximum 3.3 0.0 2.5 74.1 23.6 1.0 4826.8 1364.4 20.0 6.0 11.0 10.26 -------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ---- ---- ------ Summary: 10.21 Watts on Average with Standard Deviation 0.04