On 12/07/2010 12:13 AM, Richard A. Smith wrote: > On 12/03/2010 10:44 PM, Tom Parker wrote: >> Testing summary - Auckland New Zealand, 4 December 2010. >> Who: Fabiana, Nevyn, Tom, Robin, Tara& family, Mat. >> >> Testing os356 on XO-1: >> Maze works > > I'd like to request that you start to keep track of your power usage > when you run your test suite on the XOs (1 and 1.5) > > With new builds its very easy. Starting with os356 and beyond. > > If you do this on earlier builds (<os356) it will still generate info > but there are a few things missing from the log that makes processing > the data harder. > > Here's the steps I'd like you add into your testing procedure. > > 1) Start with a full charged XO that is plugged up to external power. > 2) Boot the system up and either go to a VT or start up a Terminal activity. > 2) At the shell prompt type: > sudo powerd-config =new-pwrlog "<comment about the log>" > > <comment> can be any descriptive text you want to use about the log. > Its mostly just for a human looking at the log. Things like what build, > what XO, what battery, etc are automatically added in the log so none of > that does has to be in the comment. Perhaps your name and any special > circumstances surrounding the test. > > 3) Unplug the XO from external power. > 4) Run all of your test suites. > 5) After your final test run is complete either shut the laptop down or > do another 'sudo powerd-config =new-pwrlog' to flush the log file. > > I think I would prefer if you did a shutdown because then I have a nice > marker for a successful run. > > Then tar up all the files in the ~olpc/power-logs and send them to me or > upload them somewhere on dev.l.o. > > Its not necessary to have one run per log file or anything like that. > Just start on a full battery and go until either you are running out of > battery or you are done with your testing. > > I just want to get some data on what the power usage distribution looks > like when people are using the new builds. > > If you have to restart the laptop for some reason then don't worry about > making another new log with 'powerd-config =new-pwrlog' powerd will > create a new log when it starts up and I should be able to piece them > together manually. > > Thanks. Let me know if you have any questions. >
Hi Richard, I have added your testing request to the 10.1.3 testing page: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/10.1.3/Testing#Track_Power_Usage Thanks for the detailed description, Simon _______________________________________________ Testing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/testing
