Thanks for explaining this. The problem is the GPM relies on writing to the HD to keep track of power history, which causes a lot of disk writes. This isn't a bug in that it wastes energy, but that it causes disk activity. Marking as confirmed and wishlist since
This should be sent directly to the upstream authors at bugzilla.gnome.org, for forwarding instructions please have a look to http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you forward the bug, please post a link to the upstream bug report here. Also, mention how your bug is different than what is written in the FAQ I linked, so they don't dismiss it for that reason. Thanks in advance. ** Summary changed: - g-p-m keeps disk spinning + g-p-m should use less frequent disk writes ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Won't Fix => Confirmed -- g-p-m should use less frequent disk writes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315970 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
