(Feature request) Power consumption
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| geany (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Hi,
I'm trying to set up a light-weight but nice looking and feature-rich Ubuntu 8.04 environment.
With several applications open, including Firefox 3 (if I'm not looking at any resource-hungry sites with Flash or heavy JavaScript), my ThinkPad Z60m consumes around 19-24W depending on screen brightness, usage and wireless activity, giving me around 2-2½ hours on a full charge.
In this specific scenario, according to powertop, the system wakes up around 75 times a second when idling. Geany, being a really nice text editor, for some reason causes exactly 10 wakeups/sec per open window (tabs have no effect). This is considerable compared to the total amount.
Is there any specific reason for these wakeups, and would it be possible to reduce or completely prevent them?
In comparison, GEdit causes a constant 5 wakeups/sec, regardless of how many windows/tabs are open and even with spell checking enabled.
I prefer Geany over GEdit for programming because of a more efficient interface, albeit it lacks spell checking support.
| Helge Willum Thingvad (helgesdk) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in geany: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in geany: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in geany: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| Siegfried Gevatter (rainct) wrote | #3 |
Extra note (sorry, no edit button):
In the described scenario with 75 CPU wakeups/sec I forgot to mention that I had two instances of Geany open, so it was causing around 25% of them.
Next target is HAL and acpi, hehe.
I know I'm an optimization freak :P