Have default settings be energy star 5.0 compliant
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Chromium Browser |
Unknown
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Unknown
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Mozilla Firefox |
Fix Released
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Medium
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OEM Priority Project |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-power |
Won't Fix
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Low
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chromium-browser (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
firefox (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Low
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Chris Coulson | ||
gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Martin Pitt | ||
rhythmbox (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Martin Pitt |
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://
Spec direct link (page 13):
http://
Also to better help understand Energy Star. The Open Suse team actually heavily looked into this, and have a great presentation here:
http://
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.
Related branches
- Martin Pitt (community): Approve
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debian/gnome-settings-daemon.gsettings-override (+3/-0)
Changed in oem-priority: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
description: | updated |
Changed in oem-priority: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in gnome-power: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
summary: |
- [Maverick] Have default settings be energy star 5.0 compliant + Have default settings be energy star 5.0 compliant |
Changed in gnome-power: | |
importance: | Unknown → Low |
Changed in oem-priority: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Changed in gnome-power: | |
status: | New → Won't Fix |
Changed in firefox: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
So, if I could restate the request a bit:
Goal: To have Ubuntu be Energy Star Compliant.
Why?: Some customer tenders are beginning to list Energy Star Compliance as a requirement, therefore the OEMs must have an Energy Star compliant OS in order to respond to these tenders.
Implementation Options:
1) Make Ubuntu's default settings comply with Energy Star requirements:
* Put display to Sleep within 15 minutes of user inactivity when on A/C
- Currently this is set to 30 min.
* Activate computer's Sleep mode within 30 minutes of user inactivity when on A/C.
- Currently this is set to "never"
Cons: These settings may not be a desirable default for the majority of users
2) Add a new option to Gnome Power Management to toggle both settings at once with a checkbox: "Enable Energy Star Power Mode" or somesuch. I'm guessing the best place for that toggle would be under the "General" tab instead of "On AC Power" or "On DC Power".
Cons: Requires UI changes that would likely need to be pushed upsteam. Also introduces new strings which would need to be translated.