Re: Power management

2023-11-10 Thread George N. White III
On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 9:21 PM Michael D. Setzer II via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > On 9 Nov 2023 at 13:22, Celso Viana wrote: > > From: Celso Viana > Date sent: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 13:22:15 -0300 > Subject:

Re: Power management

2023-11-09 Thread Michael D. Setzer II via users
On 9 Nov 2023 at 13:22, Celso Viana wrote: From: Celso Viana Date sent: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 13:22:15 -0300 Subject:Power management To: Community support for Fedora users Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users

Re: Power management

2023-11-09 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Nov 9, 2023, at 11:22, Celso Viana wrote: > > Hi all, > > I set Fedora 38 Workstation's power mode to performance, but if any > user doesn't login the computer hibernates. How do I change this > behavior so that the computer does not go to sleep if there is no user > logged in? > > Thanks >

Re: Power management

2023-11-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
tings-daemon.plugins.power This will show you the current values and settings for power management. 3. Modify Power Settings: To change the behavior when no user is logged in, you can set the sleep-inactive-ac-timeout and sleep-inactive-battery-timeout values to -1, which effectively disables sleep

Re: Power management

2023-11-09 Thread Celso Viana
mand: > > bash > > gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power > > This will show you the current values and settings for power management. > > 3. Modify Power Settings: > To change the behavior when no user is logged in, you can set the > sl

Re: Power management

2023-11-09 Thread Iosif Fettich
pen a terminal on your Fedora system. 2.Check the Current Power Settings: To see the current power settings, you can use the following command: bash gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power This will show you the current values and settings for power managemen

Power management

2023-11-09 Thread Celso Viana
Hi all, I set Fedora 38 Workstation's power mode to performance, but if any user doesn't login the computer hibernates. How do I change this behavior so that the computer does not go to sleep if there is no user logged in? Thanks -- Celso Vianna BSD User: 51318 http://www.bsdcounter.org Palmas

Re: Screensavers and power management

2022-02-10 Thread Alex
> > Much to my surprise, I'm running X11 - I thought for sure everything > > had been replaced by Wayland. > > > > XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 > > XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=X-Cinnamon > > I don't know if Wayland works with anything except Gnome and KDE as yet. I thought Cinnamon was a window manager? Can I get

Re: Screensavers and power management

2022-02-10 Thread Joe Zeff
On 2/10/22 16:50, Alex wrote: Much to my surprise, I'm running X11 - I thought for sure everything had been replaced by Wayland. XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=X-Cinnamon I don't know if Wayland works with anything except Gnome and KDE as yet.

Re: Screensavers and power management

2022-02-10 Thread Alex
laced by Wayland. XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=X-Cinnamon > There might be other settings that clash with "Power Management > settings" (no idea what you mean by that: probably some GUI where you > set that?) > > On X11 I'd try > xset q > >

Re: Screensavers and power management

2022-02-10 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Now, when I set the "turn off the screen when inactive for" option to 5m in the Power Management settings, I find that it takes far longer than five minutes for it to actually turn off the monitors, but then not only do they all immediately turn back on, but all of the windows on the mi

Re: Screensavers and power management

2022-02-09 Thread stan via users
tings menu and can't find any way to determine which it is. I'd > like all three monitors to turn off after 15 minutes of inactivity. > What is the best way to do that? Simple question, but clearly not a > simple answer. > Now, when I set the "turn off the screen when inact

Re: Screensavers and power management

2022-02-08 Thread Branko Grubić
m I have for a long time, totally unrelated to the desktop environment used and distribution. I'm also experincing issues with display power management not working, I don't know which one it is really and do these match with the issues you are experiencing, but one thing is common and tha

Screensavers and power management

2022-02-08 Thread Alex
kept up with the desktop, even though fedora and whatever graphical display it provides by default has been my primary desktop since before Windows XP. Now, when I set the "turn off the screen when inactive for" option to 5m in the Power Management settings, I find that it takes far longer t

Re: keyboard not bringing monitor back up after power management or dpms screen suspend

2016-07-04 Thread George Avrunin
On Mon, 4 Jul 2016 15:25:27 -0400, Lester Petrie wrote: > Yes, I see this also. I have a Dell desktop with AMD graphics. I have > turned screen blanking off, so that my screen saver runs all the time > after my machine goes idle. I hadn't discovered that switching to a VT > and back would activ

Re: keyboard not bringing monitor back up after power management or dpms screen suspend

2016-07-04 Thread Lester Petrie
On 7/4/2016 3:12 PM, George Avrunin wrote: Some additional information: - The same thing happens on a very old Dell Inspiron (I think) desktop, also with Intel integrated graphics, that my wife uses. (But the two Precision workstations are less than 1.5 years old and the other machine i

Re: keyboard not bringing monitor back up after power management or dpms screen suspend

2016-07-04 Thread George Avrunin
Some additional information: - The same thing happens on a very old Dell Inspiron (I think) desktop, also with Intel integrated graphics, that my wife uses. (But the two Precision workstations are less than 1.5 years old and the other machine is definitely more than 5 years old. ) - The p

keyboard not bringing monitor back up after power management or dpms screen suspend

2016-07-02 Thread George Avrunin
After upgrading to F24, I'm having the following problem. I have KDE Settings -> Power Management -> Energy Saving set to turn on "screen energy saving" after 10 minutes. This blanks the screen after 10 minutes of inactivity, as expected. (xset -q shows that DPMS is en

Power management and docks

2014-12-05 Thread John Morris
Been banging my head against a minor problem for months now. Finally giving up and asking... Have a Thinkpad and a dock. Mate still allows for this arrangement, I can even configure it to stay powered on with the lid closed off of the dock if I want. The problem is I can't logout and back in or

Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-06 Thread CLOSE Dave
T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > systemd (by default) doesn't put idle systems to sleep, but it does > put closed laptops to sleep when no desktop power management system > is active (e.g. when KDM is running). > > Just set HandleLidSwitch=ignore in /etc/systemd/logind.conf to turn

Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-06 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
t goes to suspend within a few minutes. That is what I'm trying > to prevent. Oh, this is probably systemd. I glossed over the word "laptops" in the beginning of your e-mail, sorry. systemd (by default) doesn't put idle systems to sleep, but it does put closed laptops to sleep

Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-05 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 05 August 2014, CLOSE Dave sent: > If the laptop is closed, it goes to suspend within a few minutes. As a side issue, you need to check that your laptop won't overheat if the lid is shut. Some of them have ventilation around the keyboard, and need it. -- [tim@localhost ~

Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-05 Thread CLOSE Dave
and doesn't even do power management, so I don't > think you're using it? > > I'm pretty sure you have to either be using GDM or lightdm to even > have power management on the login screen, in which case switching to > KDM (`yum install kdm && systemctl ena

Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-04 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
continue to run so that remote users can reach the private > network. So I need to prevent these laptops from going to sleep. > > It appears that KDE's power management function applies to the user > logged into the console. If a user is logged in, I can easily prevent > sleep.

Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-04 Thread CLOSE Dave
I asked: > Is there a way to keep the power management function active even > when no one is logged into the console? On 08/02/2014 08:19 AM, Tim wrote: > Perhaps you can configure power management options for the kdm user > (that which the KDM logon screen runs as)? Assuming th

Re: Fedora power management

2014-08-02 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 01 August 2014, CLOSE Dave sent: > Is there a way to keep the power management function active even when > no one is logged into the console? Perhaps you can configure power management options for the kdm user (that which the KDM logon screen runs as)? Assuming th

Fedora power management

2014-08-01 Thread CLOSE Dave
. So I need to prevent these laptops from going to sleep. It appears that KDE's power management function applies to the user logged into the console. If a user is logged in, I can easily prevent sleep. But if the user logs out or the laptop is booted by a remote user, no power management see

Re: Power Management, SystemD, etc.

2014-05-28 Thread Trever L. Adams
On 05/27/2014 02:54 PM, V.99 wrote: > On 19.5.2014 12:15, Trever L. Adams wrote: >> The problem I am having is figuring out how to set it up so it >> automatically goes to sleep after X period of time and stay asleep. >> > Hi Trever. > > I played with systemd a bit and made a script you can be insp

Re: Power Management, SystemD, etc.

2014-05-27 Thread V.99
On 19.5.2014 12:15, Trever L. Adams wrote: The problem I am having is figuring out how to set it up so it automatically goes to sleep after X period of time and stay asleep. Hi Trever. I played with systemd a bit and made a script you can be inspired with (I hope). Create a script /usr/lib/

Power Management, SystemD, etc.

2014-05-19 Thread Trever L. Adams
Hello everyone, I am having some difficulty finding the right information. I have a server that is only needed at certain times. Wake-on-lan works well, so I can do administration, etc. rtcwake works, so I can tell it to wake each day 3-5 minutes or so (haven't decided) before when it is needed.

Change to semantics of display power management

2014-01-04 Thread Geoffrey Leach
This appears to have happened recently, but just when I can't say. Is it a bug or a feature? Settings->Screensaver->Advanced->Display Power Management->Standby After When Standby is activated, in addition to blanking the screen the code now (this is new) reduces the power draw

What is Fedora 18 acpi_osi default? Or, seeking consistent power management.

2013-04-08 Thread Noah Cutler
l. Can't underclock the Nvidia chip much more, so am hoping to find a way to get reliable power management post-resume from suspend as something is going off the rails at this time and not on system start/login. Thanks for ideas. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org T

F17 power management problems after resume on Asus ee701

2012-12-12 Thread Robert Moskowitz
More on my f17 ee 701 install, this time with power management. If I boot from AC I can switch to battery and it runs ~3hr on battery. Same if I boot directly from battery. I can poweroff and power on and still get about 3 hours. But if I suspend, then whether on AC of battery I only get

Re: f15 :: kde :: power management : cannot switch the cpu power governors

2011-06-30 Thread Richard Hughes
On 30 June 2011 14:38, Rex Dieter wrote: > support for that was removed from kde in... 4.5 I believe... , as that was > an old feature of hal (that fedora purposesly removed from it's hal > packaging even earlier). See http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/power/good_practices.html Richard -- users ma

Re: f15 :: kde :: power management : cannot switch the cpu power governors

2011-06-30 Thread Rex Dieter
Adrian Sevcenco wrote: > Hi! So the problem is in $subj ... until now was possible that in power > management profiles to associate with a specific governor .. support for that was removed from kde in... 4.5 I believe... , as that was an old feature of hal (that fedora purposesly remove

f15 :: kde :: power management : cannot switch the cpu power governors

2011-06-29 Thread Adrian Sevcenco
Hi! So the problem is in $subj ... until now was possible that in power management profiles to associate with a specific governor .. its true that i can use (and i do) cpu speed .. but it would be nice to change the governor with a single click ... So .. has anyone any idea about this problem

fedora 14 and arrandale power management

2010-11-09 Thread Christoph Höger
power consumption nor does it go into C4 state. When I looked at /proc/acpi/processor/CPU*/cpuinfo I found "power management: no". Is that normal or should I simply run a more recent kernel? In found nothing regarding i5/arrandale power management in the 2.6.36 changelog though. thanks

Re: fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-05 Thread Chris Rouch
ecause this always hangs on logout/shutdown/reboot, i installed again the latest F12 kernel. Lo and behold, power management works again. This is without /usr/libexec/upowerd running, so maybe the 2.6.33 kernel handles this in a different way and kde has yet to catch up. Hopefully by the time th

fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-03 Thread JB
JB yahoo.com> writes: > ... > Hi, I forgot it. > ... I would do this as well. You may lose some custom settings, but it appears it is effective (I removed battery widget from my panel unintentionally and could not add it back via panel's add widgets; I nuked .kde and battery was back again.). l

fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-03 Thread JB
application to have access to its functionality. It is configurable within System Settings (under the Advanced tab), and can be controlled with a Plasma widget on the panel or desktop if you want. So, there appears to be no separate daemon you can detect in 'ps' processes. KDE Power Man

Re: fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-03 Thread Chris Rouch
On 3 August 2010 13:38, JB wrote: > JB yahoo.com> writes: > >> ... >> # yum reinstall upower >> ... > > Hi, I forgot it. > After reinstall (please do it even if it appears unnecessary ...; I recently > fixed my bluetooth by reinstalling multiple related packages): Doing that now > > note: l

Re: fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-03 Thread Chris Rouch
On 3 August 2010 12:21, JB wrote: > Chris Rouch gmail.com> writes: > >> ... >> > [jb localhost ~]$ ps aux |grep -i power >> > root      1439  0.0  0.3   6028  2364 ?        S    Aug01   0:04 >> > /usr/libexec/upowerd >> > ... >> Bingo! For whatever reason, upowerd is not running. If I start it b

fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-03 Thread JB
JB yahoo.com> writes: > ... > # yum reinstall upower > ... Hi, I forgot it. After reinstall (please do it even if it appears unnecessary ...; I recently fixed my bluetooth by reinstalling multiple related packages): note: locate db is not up to date yet # find /etc -iname "*.rpm*" to see any *

fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-03 Thread JB
Chris Rouch gmail.com> writes: > ... > > [jb localhost ~]$ ps aux |grep -i power > > root      1439  0.0  0.3   6028  2364 ?        S    Aug01   0:04 > > /usr/libexec/upowerd > > ... > Bingo! For whatever reason, upowerd is not running. If I start it by > hand everything works as expected. So n

Re: fedora power management not working in f13/kde

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Rouch
t source selection -> scroll to PowerDevil > select item e.g. AC adaptor plugged in > check off below e.g. Show a message in a popup > etc > Apply button to save > > The same is under: > computer-system settings-advanced-power management- general settings- > configure notifi

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-08-02 Thread JB
check off below e.g. Show a message in a popup etc Apply button to save The same is under: computer-system settings-advanced-power management- general settings- configure notifications Now look into: computer-system settings-advanced-service manager-startup services check off PowerDevil Apply

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Rouch
I have xfce on my netbook - it works well enough there. But my current laptop has the resources for kde or gnome, so i'd prefer to stay put for the moment. In any case, i installed gnome as suggested, created a new user and logged into a gnome session. Hey presto, the power management works

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-08-01 Thread JD
On 08/01/2010 11:15 AM, Chris Rouch wrote: > .snip . > I'm going to try it, just to rule out the kde components. But i've > used gnome before and was forced to junk it for fvwm when it became > too bloated for my (old) laptop. i've never been tempted to try it > again :-) > > Regards, > >

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Rouch
On 30 July 2010 00:16, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 07/29/2010 01:17 AM, Chris Rouch wrote: >> I think this was working for f13 too until the last time i applied >> updates, though it may just be that i didn't test it. > > The first thing you should try is probably to boot the oldest F13 kernel > th

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Rouch
> Try it: >> # [root localhost jb]# yum grouplist |grep -i gnome >> # yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment" >> JB >> > Hi, > I have installed a fresh KDE desktop environment and without any changes in > settings can confirm that power cord pull

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-30 Thread Ankur Sinha
On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 15:16 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 07/29/2010 01:17 AM, Chris Rouch wrote: > > I think this was working for f13 too until the last time i applied > > updates, though it may just be that i didn't test it. > > The first thing you should try is probably to boot the oldest F

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 07/29/2010 01:17 AM, Chris Rouch wrote: > I think this was working for f13 too until the last time i applied > updates, though it may just be that i didn't test it. The first thing you should try is probably to boot the oldest F13 kernel that you've got and see if the system's behavior is any

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 19:28 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 07/29/2010 07:16 PM, Tim wrote: > > While I think it's fair to ask that Fedora 13 (and its apps) can read > > the configuration left behind by Fedora 12, and update it where needed. > > You can't really expect Fedora 12 (when someone is dual

fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread JB
ot; > JB > Hi, I have installed a fresh KDE desktop environment and without any changes in settings can confirm that power cord pull out and plug in change battery icon and display a popup message about the corresponding event. So it is about your machine and KDE. Look at Applications-Setti

fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread JB
Chris Rouch gmail.com> writes: > > I have a duel boot laptop. if i boot it into f12, using kde, and pull > out the power cord, i get a popup message telling me i've done so and > the battery monitor icon changes. If i boot into f13, also kde, i get > no indication at all when i pull out the cab

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/29/2010 07:41 PM, Chris Rouch wrote: > Good idea. I created a new user, selected a kde session and logged in > as that user. I did not change any configuration. The battery charge > icon had a yellow lightning bolt indication mains power. I pulled the > power lead, and nothing changed - no p

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Rouch
On 29 July 2010 13:28, Ed Greshko wrote: > While I do agree with what you've said  The one thing that hasn't > been determined is if indeed the issue is the differences in settings > between F12 and F13 and jumping between the 2 versions.  The OP "thinks" > it was working before the last upda

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Rouch
ork with your machine on a daily basis, right ? > JB > i'd love to. unfortunately i have an nvidia card which doesn't work properly in f13 (neither with nouveau or proprietary drivers). and now power management has also failed for me. I really don't want to have

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 07/29/2010 07:16 PM, Tim wrote: > While I think it's fair to ask that Fedora 13 (and its apps) can read > the configuration left behind by Fedora 12, and update it where needed. > You can't really expect Fedora 12 (when someone is dual-booting) to be > able to handle Fedora 13 configurations. >

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 12:47 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: > It is up to Fedora to make sure that any config files > that it (she?) places in /home are properly updated > during installation of a new distribution. While I think it's fair to ask that Fedora 13 (and its apps) can read the configuratio

Re: fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Timothy Murphy
JB wrote: >> The home directory is >> shared between the two boots, so the configuration is the same. >> > Well, > that may be the problem ... > Unless you really have a specific reason to have a common home dir, > I think you are asking for more or less unpredictability with both > installations

fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread JB
Chris Rouch gmail.com> writes: > > The home directory is > shared between the two boots, so the configuration is the same. > Well, that may be the problem ... Unless you really have a specific reason to have a common home dir, I think you are asking for more or less unpredictability with both i

fedora power management not working in f13

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Rouch
I have a duel boot laptop. if i boot it into f12, using kde, and pull out the power cord, i get a popup message telling me i've done so and the battery monitor icon changes. If i boot into f13, also kde, i get no indication at all when i pull out the cable. The home directory is shared between the

Re: Suspend & power management

2010-07-16 Thread Alex
Hi, > You said: Lower right - I assumed you mean lower right corner of the > desktop. Now you say it is on the Shudown menu banner, which is true. It is on the desktop, and it is on the lower-right. I also said before logging in. > I also assume that your running kernel's config file has I have

Re: Suspend & power management

2010-07-16 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 07/16/2010 04:22 PM, JD wrote: > and I assume you have sufficient swap space available > to store your entire ram to swap. Why does suspend to ram need swap space? I can see why hibernate (suspend to disk) might need it, but not suspend to ram > If these conditions are met, then > clickin

Re: Suspend & power management

2010-07-16 Thread JD
On 07/16/2010 01:09 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 08:25 -0700, JD wrote: >> On 07/16/2010 06:51 AM, Alex wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>>>> How is power management controlled in FC13? When clicking the >>>>> "Suspend" op

Re: Suspend & power management

2010-07-16 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 08:25 -0700, JD wrote: > On 07/16/2010 06:51 AM, Alex wrote: > > Hi, > > > >>> How is power management controlled in FC13? When clicking the > >>> "Suspend" option in the lower-right of the desktop, it does nothing. > >

Re: Suspend & power management

2010-07-16 Thread Alex
C13 boxes I have recently installed. Choosing that "Suspend" option also does absolutely nothing on the other two boxes as well. As does configuring the "Power Management" options in the System Preferences. I've also reviewed all the log files, including kernel logs, and there is

Re: Suspend & power management

2010-07-16 Thread JD
On 07/16/2010 06:51 AM, Alex wrote: > Hi, > >>> How is power management controlled in FC13? When clicking the >>> "Suspend" option in the lower-right of the desktop, it does nothing. >>> Just sits there. I'd like it very much if it worked. :-)

Re: Suspend & power management

2010-07-16 Thread Alex
Hi, >> How is power management controlled in FC13? When clicking the >> "Suspend" option in the lower-right of the desktop, it does nothing. >> Just sits there. I'd like it very much if it worked. :-) > System -> Preferences -> Screen Saver Yes,

Re: Suspend & power management

2010-07-15 Thread JD
On 07/15/2010 09:31 PM, Alex wrote: > Hi, > > How is power management controlled in FC13? When clicking the > "Suspend" option in the lower-right of the desktop, it does nothing. > Just sits there. I'd like it very much if it worked. :-) > > How can I tr

Suspend & power management

2010-07-15 Thread Alex
Hi, How is power management controlled in FC13? When clicking the "Suspend" option in the lower-right of the desktop, it does nothing. Just sits there. I'd like it very much if it worked. :-) How can I troubleshoot this? How is it after thirteen revisions of fedora there is

Re: Power management capacity dialog removed in F13

2010-05-30 Thread Mika Kuusela
menu, does nothing. That > information is no longer being shown. Why? > > Once a day, or so, F12's power management applet went haywire on me, and for > some reason insisted that my battery's capacity is somewhere around a > thousand watts. Its current charge still showed c

Power management capacity dialog removed in F13

2010-05-30 Thread Sam Varshavchik
tts, and its current charge, in watts. Also its manufacturer's name. Basically, a few more details than a single capacity percentage. In F13, selecting "Laptop battery" from the same menu, does nothing. That information is no longer being shown. Why? Once a day, or so, F12's

Re: How can SATA power management feature be controlled?

2010-05-02 Thread Peter van Hooft
parm -B" uses. > Here: > >     # hdparm -B 255 /dev/sda > >     /dev/sda: >      setting Advanced Power Management level to disabled >      HDIO_DRIVE_CMD failed: Input/output error >      HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Input/output error >     # hdparm -B  /dev/sda

Re: How can SATA power management feature be controlled?

2010-05-01 Thread Robert Nichols
On 05/01/2010 03:49 AM, Peter van Hooft wrote: >> How can I control the automatic power management feature of my SATA disk >> drives? Right now the heads are unloading so frequently that within >> one year I will have exceeded the rated number of load/unload cycles for >>

Re: How can SATA power management feature be controlled?

2010-05-01 Thread Peter van Hooft
> How can I control the automatic power management feature of my SATA disk > drives?  Right now the heads are unloading so frequently that within > one year I will have exceeded the rated number of load/unload cycles for > the drives.  The drives are Western Digital model WD10EA

How can SATA power management feature be controlled?

2010-04-30 Thread Robert Nichols
How can I control the automatic power management feature of my SATA disk drives? Right now the heads are unloading so frequently that within one year I will have exceeded the rated number of load/unload cycles for the drives. The drives are Western Digital model WD10EADS. I tried using "h

Re: load and power management

2010-04-14 Thread Peter A
CPU usage if its not really shows how much > > of maximum CPU power is used? > > > > Wouldn't it make more sense to show CPU usage normalized to the maximum > > frequency rather than the current frequency? > > > > Does the load as display with uptime compens

Re: load and power management

2010-04-14 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 19:51 -0400, Peter A wrote: > Does the load as display with uptime compensate for power management? > I went through some of the kernel code the scheduler and the cpufreq > kernel modules but didn't see anything. Load average (as reported by uptime or ps)

Re: load and power management

2010-04-14 Thread Kwan Lowe
> Wouldn't it make more sense to show CPU usage normalized to the maximum > frequency rather than the current frequency? > > Does the load as display with uptime compensate for power management? I went > through some of the kernel code the scheduler and the cpufreq kernel modules

load and power management

2010-04-13 Thread Peter A
Hi, I'm a bit confused on how power management and cpu load (should) work together... I'm not talking about a busy cpu clocking higher and so on but about how system usage is reported when the cpu frequency changes. I run KDE and the CPU meter (systemloadviewer plasmoid) be