Ubuntu - Monitor Power Usage

Environment
  • Lenovo X61
  • Ubuntu 10.04 x64

Introduction
Wanna monitor my laptop power management, just like running on Windows


Solutions
#apt-get install powertop
#powertop
It whould like this

Powertop would suggest some when monitoring, e.g. enable HD audio powersave mode by executing the following command
echo 1 > /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save