[mythtv-users] restricting mythpreviewgen?

[Raymond Wagner]

On 1/23/2013 14:09, faginbagin wrote:
> On 1/22/2013 4:11 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>> On 1/22/2013 15:08, Alex Williamson wrote:
>>> It is. Have you tried to build a 25W idle Core system? I built my
>>> desktop on an i3 2120T (35W - they get really pricey if you want
>>> lower), small SSD, bunch of RAM, onboard graphics, 1 extra NIC,
>>> 80-plus P/S. It runs something like 40W idle, and it cost several
>>> hundred in parts.
>>
>> Something doesn't seem right there. I've got a frontend running on a
>> Pentium G2120 (Ivy Bridge, 3.1GHz, 55W), which is just a standard
>> chip, not a specially binned low power unit. 4GB of memory, onboard
>> graphics, no disk or spare NIC but those should only run a couple
>> watts each, and I idle at 25W measured at the wall. Total cost was
>> only around $250. That's on a non-80Plus power supply for which the
>> lowest measured efficiency I was able to find had it rapidly dropping
>> below 65% at 45W system consumption (70W at wall). Rough guess says
>> those components are running maybe 10W idle, with the rest being
>> eaten up by the power supply.
>
> So Ivy Bridge IGP does work? What kernel and Xorg versions are you
> using? I just built a new system with a i3-3220 and B75 chipset. I
>  threw in a GT520, assuming IvyBridge IGP wasn't quite ready for prime
>  time. The system is pulling about 50W at idle with a ITB drive, but
>  maybe I should pull the GT520 out and install something more bleeding
>  edge than ubuntu 12.04, kernel 3.2.0 and whatever Xorg that comes with?

Tue May  8 02:19:45 2012 >>> x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r2
Sat Nov 24 23:29:52 2012 >>> sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-3.6.7
Sun Nov 25 00:32:14 2012 >>> x11-base/xorg-server-1.13.0-r1
Sat Dec 15 18:08:46 2012 >>> x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.20.13

This is with an older H67 board instead of a proper 7-series, but I 
doubt that makes any real difference.