On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Matthew Monaco <dgbaley27@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I like having volume control for HDMI out. And I like that this mysterious > starving audio, playing silence, glitch has disappeared. But I don't like > that pulse uses so much CPU and i think it's a major reason why my computer > is runn 5-8 degrees C hotter with gnome3 FWIW, this is almost certainly a bug that can be fixed. In my experience PA allows huge power savings compared to ALSA (down from more than 100 wakeups/sec to less than 10 wakeups/sec). Try debugging a bit to see what is going on powertop2 should be very helpful. Cheers, Tom
