Questions related to power management, particularly power saving measures.
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Touchpad doesn't respond when power is pluggged
Upon upgrading Ubuntu 11.04 through 12.04 on a Dell System, the touchpad doesn't respond until the power plug is unplugged. Any idea why? To better clarify the behaviour of the touchpad: The touch pad ...
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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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Why does waking up start to work?
Since Ubuntu 11.10 suspend hasn't worked on my laptop(hasn't wake up). Now I'm on Ubuntu 12.04.02 x86_64 and I had same problem.
And I don't know how but as sleep as hibernation started to work after ...
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Does TLP automatically start when my system boots?
Does TLP automatically start when my system boots? Everytime i boot into Ubuntu i open a terminal and type sudo tlp startonly then i can find the difference in the system temperature. If TLP doesnt ...
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How to optimize power consumption for Ivy Bridge? [duplicate]
I'm new in Ubuntu 13.04 and wondering what I should do to get the lowest power consumption settings for an Ivy Bridge CPU.
Are there any changes to make in the terminal or something?
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FN Keys on Asus UX31A and LXDE vs Unity
I have an ASUS UX31A running Ubuntu 13.04. Everything is working great including ALL of the FN keys such as dim screen and dim keyboard backlight.
But I am using the machine to run a VM to do some ...
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Alternative to Jupiter Applet
Wondering if anyone knows of any alternative to the Jupiter applet that stopped being actively developed? I found this, but it's all I could find:
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Maximum CPU frequency stuck at low value
I have observed a problem with Ubuntu 13.04. The problem was not there on 11.10 I used earlier. The maximum CPU frequency is stuck at 2GHzon my Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2620M CPU @ 2.70GHz (Dell Lattitude ...
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Dell XPS 15z (L511z) - Ubuntu 13.04 - Short Battery Life… Any help, ideas, or mods?
I presently have a Dell XPS 15z (L511z) (+ 240GB SanDisk Extreme SSD Upgrade).
I also have Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 installed. My BIOS is at the latest version.
I have the following power-related packages ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Thinkpad Docking Station Monitor Power Management Problem
I have ubuntu 13.04 64 bit on Thinkpad T530. In my settings->'Brighness and Lock' I have disabled turning off the screen for inactivity. And when I am running without docking station this is how it ...
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How can I improve battery life on my laptop? [duplicate]
I have a Macbook Pro 6,2. It uses Nvidia Optimus technology and would not work with Bumblebee as the i915 driver would fail. I had to uninstall Bumblebee, install nvidia-current, and blacklist nouveau ...
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How do I get my laptop not to lock up every time I close the lid in Ubuntu 13.04
Every time I close my laptop lid, Ubuntu 13.04 will lock up. I have it set in the Power settings to do nothing for when I close the lid on both battery power and when plugged in, yet when I do close ...
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Unusually high power consumption with Xubuntu 12.04, but not Ubuntu 12.04
About 8 months ago I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my wife's Dell Mini 9, and it was running reasonably well, apart from sometimes freezing when waking up from suspend. In an effort to speed it up a ...
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Auto Boot after Power Failure - Laptop
I'm using a laptop with lubunut on it for a project I'm working on in a remote location. I chose a laptop because of the batter already attached and the frequent power outages. Most power outages are ...
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Is it possible to put X to sleep, leaving the rest of the system awake?
Imagine a computer with two functions:
A fileserver and local webserver, required 24/7.
A graphical server for a media centre, only required when somebody is using it.
I am considering building ...
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What linux distribution is less power hungry than ubuntu 12.04? [closed]
My notebook is a Compaq Pressario CQ71. The battery life is like 1:45 h. When Win Vista was installed on it, it was like 3 h. Now I like Linux more, but this distribution (ubuntu 12.04) is consumes ...
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My fan is always on but not in MSWindows (HP elitebook 8460p)
Problem: My laptop(new) fan is ALWAYS on.
Question: What can I do to solve this issue?
Situation:
HP Elitebook 8460p
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (clean install, no mod, nothing... really clean... no ...
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glitchy screen on laptop close
when ever I close the lid on my laptop, no matter if its in suspend or do nothing mode, it starts to glitch. when it glitches it goes black and comes back on when the mouse is moved around, but it ...
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wrong battery report on asus k45dr
I bought new asus laptop with series k45dr and there is something wrong the battery, it always show that it fully charged , even though i have used my computer for more than an hour then without ...
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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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disable display power saving on primary screen
Hi I would like to disable my linux server power save function. I was running a console program constantly generating screen print out. and after a while the power saving ticks in to turning off my ...
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To control battery at a certain capacity (for ex.20%) then the laptop will be automatically standby or hibernate for long-lasting the battery
I would like to control for setting my battery at a certain capacity (for ex.20%) then the laptop will be automatically standby or hibernate for long-lasting the battery.
Is there any solution, ...
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Log the power usage from electric grid?
is there a way to log the power my computer uses from the electric grid (i.e. power plug)?
When on battery, I can obviously use powerstat.
Any how can log this to a file?
Here's an example:
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fan noise and high battery consumption with AMD hybrid graphics
as described here dell 7520 (inspiron 15R SE), fan on full speed on 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, i still have problems with my energy comsumption and fan noise under ubuntu 13.04.
i could reduce it to a ...
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Laptop running Ubuntu battery management issues
I am a newbie to Ubuntu (after dumping 3 other distros) and have seen a terrible battery management from Ubuntu.
I use a HP DV7 17" 8 gb ram beast with about 30 minutes of battery power since I ...
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Strange behaviour when close the lid of my MBA
I have an MBA and I'm used to close the lid without any problem in OSX.
I've installed ubuntu 13.04 in dual boot with rEFit.
The problem is that sometimes something strange happens when I close the ...
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How do I turn down GPU heat / usage on a Sony Vaio Z21?
I have a Sony Vaio Z21 (VPC2) and am experiencing some GPU heat/usage issues since kernel 3.2 up till 3.9.
I have installed laptop-mode-tools, configured powertop and added the following to grub:
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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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Missed power est. column in powertop?
I used powertop v.2.1 under Ubuntu 12.04 but it missed the power est. column.
It's the same situation as described here and that bug is supposed to be fixed already.
I tried lm_sensors but it ...
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Ubuntu not is hibernating when lid is closed
I use Ubuntu 12.04 in my laptop. I'm trying to configure to hibernate when lid is closed. However, not is working.
I did the following steps to solve the problem:
I enable in ...
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How to stop screen going black after 10 min
My OS is Lubuntu 13.04. After 10 mins of inactivity the screen goes black. What I did to stop it without effect:
uninstalled xscreensaver completely
in power setting I set to never blank the screen
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Shut down acts as restart?
I've installed Ubuntu (almost all latest versions), when my Acer Aspire V5-471 is want to shutdown from Ubuntu, it acts as restart/reboot. Refer to edit 2 for releases tried and edit 1 for tried ...
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Low battery life on ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]
Config: laptop MSI CR650 - 229XBY
AMD E-450
Radeon HD 6320 (512mb) - Proprietary driver
HDD: 500Gb
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (x64) and Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail (x64)
Steps:
1.Clear Install ...
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How to get Jupiter in Ubuntu Gnome [duplicate]
So I switched from ubuntu to gnomebuntu today, and proceeded to try and install all the apps that I had found invaluable with ubuntu. I have run into a road block with jupiter, and was wondering if ...
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Monitor ramdomly powers off
I'm having a problem with notebook screen on Ubuntu 13.04(for what i remember it happened on 12.10 too), sometimes( i think at least, mostly when playing games) the monitor just powers off, but the ...
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My ubuntu 13.04 x64 cann't do cold boot in battery?
I am using HP-Pavilion G6-2005ax, powered by AMD APU A8-4500M, 4GB RAM, 500 GB HDD and AMD Radeon HD7670M 1GB. I am using Ubuntu 13.04-amd64 version. While I am doing cold boot on battery, the Lap ...
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Ubuntu wont suspend with external monitors attached to my laptops when closing the lid or clicking suspend from the menu bar
I've had this problem for a few releases and it affects all of my laptops; I specifically have this issue on an alienware m14x, a lenovo ideapad y530, and an acer aspire 4720z. If I unplug the ...
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How to Cycle Power to a PCI Device with setpci
If I have my vendor and device ID of a PCIe card, how can I cycle power to that card using setpci?
eg:
setpci -d 118d:3000 _________
I'm comfortable with Ubuntu, but I'm no expert by far so please ...
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How to switch off devices and ports for power saving in Lubuntu? [duplicate]
In Windows Vista I can switch off via power management:
PCI Express
Modem port
Optical DVD drive
Via network connection I disable:
Blutooth
How can I do similar in Lubuntu? Under Power Manager I ...
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Is there a power saving application similar to Jupiter?
I have installed the 13.04 final release and so far I am loving it more 12.10. I'm trying to install the Jupiter power settings app but, I read it is no longer compatible with the new kernel. Is there ...
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Extremely short battery life in Ubuntu 12.10
I have dual operating systems on my laptop. While I am using Win7 I work 3-3.5 hours on balanced mode. Unfortunately with Ubuntu the lifetime declined to 1.2 hours. How can I achieve the same battery ...
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Don't suspend on login screen - Ubuntu 12.10?
I set my power settings to "Don't suspend" when I close my laptop lid on both battery power and AC. Is there a way to prevent suspend from the login page too? It seems it's taking effect on my account ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Kernel 3.8.0-19-generic Freezes when power cord is connected [closed]
When the ac power cord is connected the system freezes, and when is disconnected it gets back to normal.
esigolo@esigolo-note:~$ uname -a
Linux esigolo-note 3.8.0-19-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 17 ...
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Problems with Ubuntu 12.10
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 amd64 64 bit on my Samsung laptop with AMD A8,ATI Raedon HD 7xxx and 6 GB of RAM and I have following problems:
My battery charging time is not at all accurate or ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 repeatedly failing to wake up after lid close
I have Ubuntu 12.04 on a Toshiba Satellite A300 - 210. Quite often, waking up from suspend mode fails with blinking screen.
Here's what happens:
Close laptop lid to suspend Ubuntu.
Open the lid to ...
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Message: “Battery dies in few seconds” -Bad battery-status or problem with power management?
I'm still a beginner, but I have used Ubuntu and other distros before. I run a German setup so I'm not shure about the correct words.
So here's the problem: My netbook (ASUS X201E) with fresh Ubuntu ...
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Turning off battery management on desktop
Just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Optiplex GX280 desktop computer. When I hook up my bluetooth mouse and keyboard it seems to recognize their batteries as the actual battery of the computer. As if ...
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How to get around graphical issue when “waking” computer from suspend?
I've checked a few of the similar questions. But they have provided no viable answer. I would rather not install Nvidia drivers. Because I've had nothing but trouble with them.
But to the problem. ...
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Disabling or changing external eSATA HDD standby timeout
I have a Freecom Quattro 3.0 2 TB drive (a Seagate Barracuda ST2000DL003) connected via eSATA to my Lenovo L420 Laptop running kubuntu 13.04.
It is running very well but after about 2 minutes of ...
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Laptop won't sleep: Package power limit notification
I'm fairly new to this. I've been using Ubuntu 12.10 for a few weeks now, have used this site to fix a couple problems already. I can't seem to find a fix for this though:
I am using an Asus x201e ...
