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Idle consumptions

2007-11-30T10:33:05Z

Emb:

This page reports the minimal consumptions of Thinkpads when idle. This means, in principle: minimum brightness, CPU and GPU at lowest speed, no wifi, hard drive spun down, no pcmcia cards inserted (see details of each entry).

This kind of information has several uses: comparing one's consumption with that of other people's setups, knowing which model to use as a gateway/file server, etc.

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! Model !! OS !! Remarks !! consumption
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|{{600E}} PII/366 || Debian Lenny/2.6.21 gnome || back light off, laptop-mode-tools enabled, fan on, idling, measured with powertop || 6W
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|{{600E}} PII/366 || Debian Lenny/2.6.21 gnome || Min brightness, laptop-mode-tools enabled, fan on, idling, measured with powertop || 7.5W
|----
|{{600E}} PII/366 || Debian Lenny/2.6.21 gnome || Max brightness, laptop-mode-tools enabled, fan on, idling, measured with powertop || 9.2W
|----
|{{600E}} PII/366 || Debian Lenny/2.6.21 gnome || Max brightness, laptop-mode-tools enabled, fan on, 100% cpu utilisation, measured with powertop || ~22W
|----
|{{600E}} PIII/450 || Archlinux 0.8/xfce || || 9W
|----
|{{R50e}}|| Gentoo (linux-2.6.22-rc4 force_HPET, fluxbox) ||With Networking, USB, firefox, thunderbird || 11.1W
|----
|{{R50e}}|| Gentoo (linux-2.6.22-rc4 force_HPET, fluxbox) ||Fluxbox + shell (+fan) || 10.5W
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|{{R50e}}|| Gentoo (linux-2.6.22-rc4 force_HPET, fluxbox) ||Blank Screen after 20min idle (+fan) || 7.1W
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|{{R52}}|| Gentoo (linux-2.6.22-rc6 + phc + hrt) ||Min brightness, tp-fancontrol, ipw2200 with power_save 5, undervolted, ondemand, laptop_mode, rovclock -c 100 -m 100<br />virtual console (idle kde desktop adds about 0.2W) || 12.1W
|----
|{{R61}}||Ubuntu 7.04||Wireless on||16.4W
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|{{T23}}||Ubuntu 7.04|| || 10.7W
|----
|{{T40}}||Gentoo (2.6.23-rc6-hrt2)|| [http://www.linuxpowertop.org/patches/kernel-2.6.22-rc1.patch Bg-timer patch], HPET-patches, radeon, <tt>rovclock -c 105 -m 122</tt>, no DRI, sound power_save = Y, min. brightness, no networking, with USB, Laptop-Mode, X & 1x URxvt || 7,4W
|----
|{{T41p}}||Ubuntu 7.10|| Undervolted, fglrx, no dri; fan->+0.5W, powerstate=2->+0.7W, HD->+1.5W, no usb || 7.7W
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|{{T42}} (2373)||Debian 4.0 Etch|| Kernel 2.6.21_rc5 + hrtimer, rovclock -c 100 -m 120 (Radeon M10), no DRI, min bright. (+3W max), no wifi (+1W if idle) || 9.4W
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|{{T43}} (1871)||Debian (Linux 2.6.21, fluxbox)|| DRI, alsa (power_save=1), with usb, no networking || 10.1W (12.0W with HD)
|----
|{{T43}} (2669)||Gentoo (2.6.20-gentoo-r5)|| Undervolted, fglrx (powerstate=1), DRI, no alsa, no usb modules, no networking || 12.7W
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|{{T43}} (2686)||Fedora Core 6 (2.6.19.x patched)|| Undervolted, radeon, <tt>rovclock -c 125 -m 130</tt>, no DRI, ALSA <tt>power_save=1</tt>, no usb modules, no networking, min brightness, HDD spun down || 15W
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|{{T60}} (2007)||Fedora Core 6|| Wireless kill switch on, 1400x1050 panel @ min brightness, fglrx (powerstate=1), HDD spun up (~1W saving without) || 16W
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|{{T60}} (2007)||Kubuntu 7.04|| 1400x1050 panel @ min brightness, hald killed, laptop mode enabled, wireless powersave|| 13.3 W
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|{{T60}} (2007)||KUbuntu 7.04|| Wireless on, 1680x1050 panel @ medium brightness, fglrx (powerstate=1) || 16W
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|{{T60}} (2623D6U)||Debian testing (linux-2.6.21-1-686)||1400x1050 14" min-bright, iwpriv wlan0 set_power 7, VESA driver|| 12,7W
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|{{X21}}||Kubuntu 7.04|| Minimal consumption with kde loaded.||5.5W
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|{{X31}}||Debian Etch||2.6.22rc6+hrt1 patch+radeon patch||~ 8 W
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|{{X31}} (2672-C2G)||Debian Etch||vanilla 2.6.23rc8 tickless kernel, wireless rf-kill on, min brightness, hdd idle but spinning||~ 9.6 W
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|{{X32}}||Slackware||2.6.23.1+hrt3 patch, tickless kernel, undervolted to 0.716, ati gfx @ 90mhz core 90mhz mem, hdd is CF, min brightness, wifi ON||~ 8.2 W
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|{{X32}}||Slackware||2.6.23.1+hrt3 patch, tickless kernel, undervolted to 0.716, ati gfx @ 90mhz core 90mhz mem, hdd is CF, max brightness, wifi ON||~ 11 W
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|{{X41}}||Fedora 7||2.6.23.1+phc patch, tickless kernel, undervolted to 0.7, under X, min brightness, wifi ON||~11W
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|{{X60}}||Ubuntu 7.04||Wireless kill switch on, min brightness||10.2W
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|{{X60s}}||Debian Etch||2.6.21 tickless kernel, processes tweaked with powertop, usb/fw unloaded, hd spun down, min brightness, ipw3945 set to powersave mode 7||8.3W
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|{{X60s}}||Debian Etch||2.6.21 tickless kernel, processes tweaked with powertop, usb/fw unloaded, hd spun down, min brightness,ipw3945 unloaded||9W
|----
|{{X60s}}||Debian Lenny(testing)|| 2.6.22 tickless kernel, hrt-patch, alpm-patches, almost everything unloaded (wifi,pcmcia,ethernet,usb,firewire,sd,snd) and stopped (no X11,only cron/syslog), no vesa-fb, min brightness, 5 min idle, measured with powertop 1.7 (ACPI)||7.7W
|----
|{{X60s}}||Debian Lenny(testing)|| 2.6.22 tickless kernel, hrt-patch, alpm-patches, almost everything unloaded (wifi,pcmcia,ethernet,usb,firewire,sd,snd), with X11 (latest intel-xorg-driver, DRI enabled) and one x-terminal running, min brightness, 5 min idle, measured with powertop 1.7 (ACPI)||8.3W
|----
|{{X61_Tablet}}||Ubuntu Gutsy(tribe6)|| 2.6.23-rc6-hrt1 x86_64, everything unloaded & stopped, lcd backlight off, hd powered down, powertop 1.8||8.5W
|----

Installing SuSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad T60

2007-04-13T08:37:48Z

Emb:

Installation of Suse 10.1 on a T60.

== System ==
''T60 (2007-49G)''
* Processor: Intel Core Duo Prozessor T2400 mit 1,83 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache
* Ram: 512 MB 667 MHz DDR2
* HD: 60 GB SATA w Active Protection System; 5400 U/min
* CD/DVD: DVD/CD-RW Combodrive V
* Display: 14,1' (35,8 cm); TFT Display; 1400x1050 (SXGA+)
* Graphics: ATI Mobility RADEON X1300; 64 MB DDR2 SDRAM
* Communication: 10/100/1000 LAN, Intel Mini PCI PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Lan, Infrarot, 56K Int. Modem

== Summary ==
Most of the installation went very smoothly. Many components were recognized and configured correctly.
{{NOTE|To keep the "ThinkVantage" Button functionality, create a primary boot partition and let grup be installed there
LEAVE THE MBR ALONE}}

=== What works out of the box ===

* Intel Duo processor (dual-core)
* Network card
* Sound
* Volume control keys and the function key for the locked screensaver.
* Always working without any OS support: keyboard light and screen brightness control
* Wireless (actually worked even though it looked different at first, but then worked flawless after reboot)
* Suspend to disc and suspend to RAM (wow!)
{{NOTE| Suspend to Disc/RAM are encountering some problems after the upgrade of the fglrx driver, as has been noted many times. Sometimes Wireless is not functional after restart from RAM/Disc }}

=== What needs to be fixed post-install ===

* Graphics card (ati drivers available via [http://www.ati.com ati] homepage)

To enable 3D acceleration, generate own rpm's from the ati package which can then be installed
either via yast or simply with rpm.
You should include the kernel sources in your installation since the ati script needs it to
generate the Suse specific package which in terms is needed to properly enable 3D acceleration

* OSD for sound, thinklight, brightness

{{HINT|Install the tpb package and enable the nvram kernel module (is available but not loaded by default)
change the rights on the /dev/nvram from 600 to 666 and include a small script like e.g.
#!/bin/sh
#
# start Thinkpad button support daemon
tpb -d -c /etc/tpbrc
in the <tt>~/.kde/Autostart</tt> Directory.
There are also other suggestions on the web about creating a 'nvram' group and adding the users to this group, but I did not do this at the moment.
}}

=== Not tested ===
* IR Interface
* Modem (but I think it was not recognized in the installation process)

=External Sources=
*This guide is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation survey (IBM/Lenovo)].

Talk:Installing SuSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad T60

2007-03-02T19:37:17Z

Emb:

What did I do wrong installing my Suse? I'm running Suse 10.1 (Gnome Desktop) on the T60 and cannot get either suspend to RAM nor suspend to disk working.
Suspend to disk usually freeze after a message like snd-hda-suspend bus=dda9cc80 state=0x1

--[[User:Stooofer|Stooofer]] 16:44, 25 October 2006 (CEST)

This might be related to the problem with the [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Fglrx fglrx] drivers which was [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Fglrx#Status reported] some time ago. I also had problems with both suspend-to-disc and suspend-to-ram from some point on, which was probably after a fglrx update. This problem seems to be fixed in version [https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.34.8.html#182529 8.34.8] which was released recently. Hope this helps.

--[[User:Emb|Emb]] 20:37, 2 March 2007 (CET)

Installing SuSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad T60

2006-07-09T22:44:19Z

Emb:

Installation of Suse 10.1 on a T60.

== System ==
''T60 (2007-49G)''
* Processor: Intel Core Duo Prozessor T2400 mit 1,83 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache
* Ram: 512 MB 667 MHz DDR2
* HD: 60 GB SATA w Active Protection System; 5400 U/min
* CD/DVD: DVD/CD-RW Combodrive V
* Display: 14,1' (35,8 cm); TFT Display; 1400x1050 (SXGA+)
* Graphics: ATI Mobility RADEON X1300; 64 MB DDR2 SDRAM
* Communication: 10/100/1000 LAN, Intel Mini PCI PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Lan, Infrarot, 56K Int. Modem

== Summary ==
Most of the installation went very smoothly. Many components were recognized and configured correctly.
{{NOTE|To keep the "ThinkVantage" Button functionality, create a primary boot partition and let grup be installed there
LEAVE THE MBR ALONE}}

=== What works out of the box ===

* Intel Duo processor (dual-core)
* Network card
* Sound
* Volume control keys and the function key for the locked screensaver.
* Always working without any OS support: keyboard light and screen brightness control
* Wireless (actually worked even though it looked different at first, but then worked flawless after reboot)
* Suspend to disc and suspend to RAM (wow!)

=== What needs to be fixed post-install ===

* Graphics card (ati drivers available via [http://www.ati.com ati] homepage)

To enable 3D acceleration, generate own rpm's from the ati package which can then be installed
either via yast or simply with rpm.
You should include the kernel sources in your installation since the ati script needs it to
generate the Suse specific package which in terms is needed to properly enable 3D acceleration

* OSD for sound, thinklight, brightness

{{HINT|Install the tpb package and enable the nvram kernel module (is available but not loaded by default)
change the rights on the /dev/nvram from 600 to 666 and include a small script like e.g.
#!/bin/sh
#
# start Thinkpad button support daemon
tpb -d -c /etc/tpbrc
in the <tt>~/.kde/Autostart</tt> Directory.
There are also other suggestions on the web about creating a 'nvram' group and adding the users to this group, but I did not do this at the moment.
}}

=== Not tested ===
* IR Interface
* Modem (but I think it was not recognized in the installation process)

Installing SuSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad T60

2006-07-09T00:43:56Z

Emb:

Installation of Suse 10.1 on a T60.

== Summary ==
=== What works out of the box ===

* Intel Duo processor (dual-core)
* Network card
* Sound
* Volume control keys and the function key for the locked screensaver.
* Always working without any OS support: keyboard light and screen brightness control

=== What needs to be fixed post-install ===

* Graphics card (ati drivers available via ati homepage)

=== Not tested ===
* Most of the rest, installation ongoing, more soon

Installation instructions for the ThinkPad T60

2006-07-09T00:34:37Z

Emb:

Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad {{T60}}.

==Distribution-specific instructions==

*{{Install|Ubuntu| 6.06 Flight 5|T60}}
*{{Install|Fedora Core| 5| T60}}
*{{Install|Suse| 10.1| T60}}
== Compatibility ==
* [http://www.emperorlinux.com/mfgr/lenovo/toucan/?tab=details&id=358 Thinkpad T60] page on [http://www.emperorlinux.com emperorlinux.com] (compatibility review and custom kernel)