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[feature-request] additional power level (percentage) actions
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RESOLVED: MOVED
Product:
Xfce4-power-manager
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Description Florian 2018-03-28 16:48:09 CEST
# Overview:
currently only one power level / percentage can be specified "Critical Power Level", and the depending action "On critical battery power"

# Actual Result:
this works as expected, for one power level

# Expected Result:
add more power levels and according actions to be configured, as some users might need more actions depending on certain power levels.

rationale: currently this is only possible with the obsolete battery-monitor-plugin, and only for two more levels per instance.
adding more battery-manager-plugins does not feel the proper way, regardless of power-manager taking over.
moreover, this should be an easy fix.


example (for my current configuration):

level | action
-------|--------
17 %| hibernate
22 %| critical warning
33 %| power savings (spindown hdd, display brightness, stop music playback, ...)

80 %| NOT POSSIBLE ATM: reminder to stop charging


Addtional info:
with the "intelli charge" feature available in some BIOSes allow the configuration of power levels, where charging is allowed.
this is intended to avoid recharging that final 1% all the time, which deteriorates battery lifetime. 

This feature can be used to prolong battery life even more, by keeping charge between approx. 20..80% (many articles on Li-Ion battery lifetime online)
yet this requires manual intervention by unplugging & replugging AC power atm, which a notifcation would be handy.

Furthermore I can imagine certain scenarios, where users might want to trigger different actions depending on power levels, this seems the appropriate xfce component for that task.
Comment 1 Git Bot editbugs 2020-05-27 01:42:26 CEST
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Bug #14305

Reported by:
Florian
Reported on: 2018-03-28
Last modified on: 2020-05-27

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Assignee:
Ali Abdallah
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