Hi, I do recall from my dark murky past with Windows, that there is an energy-star system for monitoring data
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_mgt_wol <http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_mgt_wol>I'm not sure if it is of any help, but provide it for you. Regards, Phill. On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Jerone Young <jerone.yo...@canonical.com>wrote: > Thinking about his more after Martin's comment on rhythmbox. I think > another level of idleness has to be created ? > > If you have something downloading in Chromium or Firefox .. you do want > the screen lock or screen blank to happen. But what you do not want is > for the machine to go to sleep or hibernate automatically. > > Almost like something that says that I'm idle .. but don't go to sleep. > > @Martin > You have thoughts on that? > > -- > [Maverick] Have default settings be energy star 5.0 compliant > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/604635 > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Lubuntu > Packages Team, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in ubuntu. > > Status in Gnome Powermanager: New > Status in OEM Priority Project: In Progress > Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager > > Energy star is a standard backed by the US government to set standards for > energy use of devices. > The specification for Operating System settings can be found here: > http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=revisions.computer_spec > > Spec direct link (page 13): > > http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/prod_development/revisions/downloads/computer/Version5.0_Computer_Spec.pdf > > Also to better help understand Energy Star. The Open Suse team actually > heavily looked into this, and have a great presentation here: > http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/3/34/EnergyStar.pdf > > The reason you want to be Energy star compliant: > > - Many retailers will not sell machines that are not Energy Star compliant > - Most Government agencies will not buy hardware solutions that are not > Energy Star compliant > - OEMs are now pushing heavily to have all hardware be Energy Star > compliant > - The OS software default settings are apart of the Energy Star > compliance of machines > > There are only two default settings preventing Ubuntu from being energy > star compliant: > * Put display to Sleep within 15 minutes of user inactivity when on A/C > - Currently this is set to 30 min. So setting it to 15 or below > would fix this. > * Activate computer's Sleep mode within 30 minutes of user inactivity when > on A/C. > - Currently this is set to never > - It is also under stood that this could potentially have user > experience impact > > If both settings cannot be done by deafult. It has been requested to have > an Energy Star button in Gnome Power Management interface that would set > settings to be energy star compliant. > > > > > -- [Maverick] Have default settings be energy star 5.0 compliant https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/604635 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs