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How To Install Powertop 2.3 & Permanently Save Changed Of Powertop Suggestions In Ubuntu? [duplicate]

I have Google every ppa and checked that they all have the powertop 2.1, So how can i install powertop 2.3 just recently released. How do make permanently save changes of powertop, i know i can put ...
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Integrated webcam on a Dell V131 drains the battery when not used. How to turn it off?

After using the integrated webcam, it never fully turns off and keeps hogging the battery. From powertop: The battery reports a discharge rate of 22.6 W The estimated remaining time is 0 hours, 41 ...
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How to tweak Powertop to reduce power consumption?

I am a completely new user to Linux/Ubuntu. I looked through tips on battery issues and PowerTOP but failed to find clear tips on how to tweak PowerTOP except for Toggle Tunable. Could someone look ...
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What should VM writeback timeout be set to for a laptop?

I am using powertop to check that my machine is setup in a way that will give me good battery life. After installing laptop-mode-tools all of the "Tunables" section shows "Good" except VM writeback ...
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Do 'Tunables' in 'PowerTop' help on battery life?

I installed PowerTOP 1.97 and i got many Bad in Tunables, I know i can press enter to toggle but does it really change anything? and if it does will it still be changed when i reboot? If i get ...
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How can I disable asus-nb-wmi when using battery power mode?

I'm trying to improve the battery life of my Asus U32U notebook. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 64bit and using powertop it shows the following: PowerTOP 1.97 Overview Idle stats Frequency stats ...
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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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Powertop is reporting 0 wakeups/second - can this be right?

I'm investigating tweaking my power consumption performance on Ubuntu. When I run Powertop, the output seems strange, and not much like any of the screenshots I see on the web. That might be ...
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How to enable the CONFIG_PM_ADVANCED_DEBUG kernel configuration option [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is kernel configuration? I'm trying to save the battery power. For that i'm using powertop and one suggestion is "Enable the CONFIG_PM_ADVANCED_DEBUG kernel ...