Revision as of 19:08, 20 March 2011

Description

This test case measures energy consumed by you system while in active idle with laptop-battery-powersave profile activated.

This test was designed especially for laptops, but the results are valuable even for non-laptops.

This test will take approx. 15 minutes.

If you do not have enough time feel free to skip this test. In this case please leave the corresponding column in the results table blank.

If you complete this test, please also complete the Tuned perf load test.

Check that you have pm-test-day package installed:
```
$ rpm -q pm-test-day
```

For laptop users it is preferred to run this test on battery.

If you run on battery and your battery is charged to less than 50% of its capacity please re-charge it before this test.

If you have laptop, disconnect AC and run only on battery.
- Please make sure your battery is charged on more than 50%.
Run the following command:
```
# pmtd-measure-powersave-load
```
Do not touch your computer until the test completes (cca. 15 minutes).
Write the output to the results table.

The time taken by the test is written to the stdout.
In case you have laptop running on battery the energy consumed during the test is also written to the stdout.

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 # If you have laptop, disconnect AC and run only on battery.
 #* Please make sure your battery is charged on more than 50%.