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shigerugo	2011-04-19 , 09:02
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I wonder if its possible to see what application is using the most battery power by counting how much processor cycle and disk I/O to determine the amount of power each application (including the sub process) is using?

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	noobmonkey	2011-04-19 , 09:03
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Well, apps like conky and htop, or typing top in terminal will give you a list of what is sucking your processor, and therefore battery...

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dtparikh	2011-04-19 , 09:08
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Originally Posted by shigerugo

I wonder if its possible to see what application is using the most battery power by counting how much processor cycle and disk I/O to determine the amount of power each application (including the sub process) is using?

you can go into xterminal and type in "top" command. that would give you somewhat info your looking to

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vi_	2011-04-19 , 09:19
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Originally Posted by shigerugo

i wonder if its possible to see what application is using the most battery power by counting how much processor cycle and disk i/o to determine the amount of power each application (including the sub process) is using?

powertop

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shigerugo	2011-04-19 , 09:20
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i tried conkey and top / htop

but those are only CPU usage, i don't think the info also include the power usage on disk I/O. it would be nice if for instance in the conkey or top i can end the process directly by tabbing on the N900 screen, to make things easier to use.