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Battery reduced by 50%> How to make my battery last longer than windows 7 for HP pavilion g7? [duplicate]

I have a HP Pavilion g7-1204sa 17.3 inch Laptop PC AMD Quad-Core A6-3400M Processor, RAM 6GB. I am attempting to make my laptop to last longer on Lubuntu or Ubuntu OS than windows 7. It currently ...
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Change brightness automatically depending on power source in 12.04

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on a HP G61. When I used to use Windows in this machine, my screen to autodimmed when unplugging AC (i.e. running on battery), and brightness was restored when plugged again. ...
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Ubuntu crashes when on battery power

I've got an HP 2510p (with a mic problem..) with Ubuntu 13.04. When I use it plugged in to the A.C. supply, so far so good. When I disconnect the A.C. supply, Ubuntu crashes. Same thing happens when I ...
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HP G6 laptop will not suspend when on battery

I have an HP G6 laptop with 12.10 installed. When running on Battery power it never suspends and the screen never dims. When the AC adapter is plugged in it will dim and eventually suspend just fine. ...
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Laptop drains of quickly with battery

I am a user since years in ubuntu and I have not come across this problem with ubuntu till date. My battery drains off immediately after I unplug my AC power. The options I tried: 1) checked the ...
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My battery drains really fast and my laptop gets really hot, What do I do?

I just installed Ubuntu on my HP Pavilion dv6-6c50ca, and I noticed that every time that I start my laptop with Ubuntu the fan runs really fast and the laptop produces a lot of heat. When I run ...
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Battery time decreased on an HP ProBook 4530s

I have HP ProBook 4530s. In Windows 7 after installing all HP drivers the 6-Cell battery works perfectly for 2+ hours but in Ubuntu 11.10 and now in 12.04 the battery time is not sufficient. It works ...
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30 w discharge and half the windows uptime [duplicate]

I'm new to linux and I installed ubuntu 11.10 x64. I got a HP Envy 14 laptop (i7 second gen) and my batterytime is half the uptime I get in windows 7. Now I got 2hours and it discharges in 30w. In ...