powertop indicates idle uses more battery than google chrome
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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powertop (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Powertop with only google chrome open: battery reports discharge rate 6.62W
When I close chrome and let things settle down again: battery reports discharge rate 8.90W
Open chome again: 6.96W
Close it again: 9.73W
Conclusion: chrome generates energy.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: powertop 2.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-26-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 1 19:00:33 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-02-28 (853 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: powertop
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-07-01 (0 days ago)
idle screenshot