Dell laptop
Model: N5110 (Inspiron 15R)
Display: 15.6"
Battery: 6 cell
Graphics: NVidia GeForce 525M 1GB (No driver for Ubuntu), Working on Intel Graphics 1GB
OS: Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) 64 bit
Dell laptop battery backup 1.30 hours only with Ubuntu 12.04. How can the battery backup be increased?
2 Answers
I had the same problem and the reason turned out to be that the graphic card was always ON.
What you need to do is to install bumblebee
which turns off your graphic card. You can still use it when you need.
Installing Bumblebee
- Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T).
- Run the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia linux-headers-generic
- Reboot or re-login.
For more information, you can visit the Ubuntu BumbleBee Wiki Page.
Try the jupiter applet, play around with some settings and see if it helps
Press Ctrl-Alt-t, terminal will pop up; type
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/jupiter
enter password (you won't see it as you type, that's normal), confirm adding the repo, then:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install jupiter
sudo jupiter
click the "lightning bolt" that appears on the panel, play around with some settings, ie set Performance to "Power on demand" or "Power saving". Reboot.