Re: Reverting to nouveau

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On 10/10/2016 02:16 PM, JD wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     On Mon, 2016-10-10 at 12:31 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
>     > On 10/10/2016 11:52 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>     > >
>     > > On Mon, 2016-10-10 at 11:42 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote:
>     > > >
>     > > > On Fri, 2016-10-07 at 16:35 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>     > > >
>     > > > >
>     > > > >
>     > > > > As I said, I'm happy enough with suspend for now. My aim was to
>     > > > > reduce
>     > > > > power consumption at night (this isn't a server that has to
>     be on all
>     > > > > the time).
>     > > >
>     > > > I dont' think computers use that much power (least normal
>     workstations
>     > > > anyway) to bring up or down your utility bill much, so
>     couldn't you
>     > > > just leave it on as is and just shut off your monitor until
>     your ready
>     > > > to use it again?
>     > >
>     > > I used to do that up until about a year ago. Since then I think
>     I have
>     > > noticed a reduced utility bill, but of course that's not really
>     > > evidence as there are other factors, including lower rates
>     because of
>     > > the drop in oil prices. This is an i7 system with an Nvidia card, an
>     > > SSD, a 1TB SATA drive and 16TGB of RAM, so probably above
>     average for
>     > > home workstations in terms of power consumption. The monitor is
>     a 23-
>     > > inch HP LCD.
>     >
>     > Well, I dunno, 16 tera gigabytes of RAM (you said 16TGB) is a hell of
>     > a lot! I've never seen a mobo that could handle that. :-) Must
>     have the
>     > cooling system from hell in there!
>     >
>     > >
>     > > If there were an easy way to measure it I would :-)
>     >
>     > If you have a clamp-style AC ammeter, you can get a widget that you
>     > plug into your outlet and your system plugs into the widget. The
>     widget
>     > splits the hot line out separately. You put your ammeter around
>     that leg
>     > and measure the current. You can compute your usage using Ohm's law,
>     > e.g. if you measure 2A at 120V, that's 240 VA. If you want it in
>     watts,
>     > your average computer has a power factor of about .8, so that'd be 240
>     > times .8 or 192 watts (or so).
>     >
>     > Just an idea.
> 
>     Well, apparently the savings might not offset the price of the ammeter,
>     but I suppose the advancement of knowledge always has a cost :-)
> 
>     poc
> 
> 
> ​Well Patrick, I was wondering if there is a website
> that identifies cards (chipsets) NOT supported by linux.
> I see for example FBSD users not finding drivers for
> Broadcom chipsets (perhaps only specific ones).
> So, to help​
>  
> ​existing linux users and newbs, it seems
> that such a website would go a long way to let people
> know what are NOT supported,​ or partially supported
> devices. It would also helps people shopping for a new
> computer to avoid laptops that have unsupported chipsets.

There are a number of sites like that. Google "linux hardware
compatibility". A good resource is http://www.linux-drivers.org/
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