[Expired for pulseaudio (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998246 Title: pulseadio and snd driver top power usage Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: I just installed powertop 2.0 (https://01.org/powertop/blogs/ceferron/2012/powertop-v2.0-release) and saw that pulseaudio and my sound driver were always consuming power even when no sound was playing. After muting the sound it did appear to die down, but I'm not entirely sure about that. Anyway, lots of power being used by sound when no sound is being played. That isn't good for my battery. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: mah 3189 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: mah 3189 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: mah 3189 F...m pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xd2600000 irq 45' Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI' Components : 'HDA:14f1506e,17aa21e2,00100002 HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000' Controls : 15 Simple ctrls : 7 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Headset'/'Logitech Logitech USB Headset at usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.3.3, full speed' Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' Components : 'USB046d:0a14' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 2 Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw unknown' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC (unknown)' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Fri May 11 17:21:30 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (14 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/13/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 8HET34WW(1.16) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 11433FU dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8HET34WW(1.16):bd07/13/2011:svnLENOVO:pn11433FU:pvrThinkPadE520:rvnLENOVO:rn11433FU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 11433FU dmi.product.version: ThinkPad E520 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/998246/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp