TLP power management

[MurphCID]

I just saw this, and I am not getting the battery life I want on my linux laptop (HP Spectre x360 13.3" 2017 model), does it work with Mint (it says it works with Ubuntu)? And more importantly, does it work as claimed, giving you extra battery life?

[dark]

Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku0491LfhR4

There's also GUI for TLP if you need it: https://github.com/d4nj1/TLPUI

[MurphCID]

Thank you. I am watching it now.

[Moem]

It can be installed from the Software Manager in Mint. And yes, it makes a difference.

[MurphCID]

Once again proving how wonderful this board is, answered within seconds! Thanks guys.

[MurphCID]

Wow, I installed it, configured it like the video showed and now instead of 3-4 hours, I show over 7 hours of battery life!

[ud6]

Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku0491LfhR4

There's also GUI for TLP if you need it: https://github.com/d4nj1/TLPUI

Thanks for the TLP GUI! never realised it had one.

Being in an area subject to power outages I a big fan of TLP and also the 'indicator-cpufreq' applet from software sources.

[MurphCID]

Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku0491LfhR4

There's also GUI for TLP if you need it: https://github.com/d4nj1/TLPUI

Thanks for the TLP GUI! never realised it had one.

Being in an area subject to power outages I a big fan of TLP and also the 'indicator-cpufreq' applet from software sources.

Do you have to have an account? I could not seem to get it to download.

[dark]

Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku0491LfhR4

There's also GUI for TLP if you need it: https://github.com/d4nj1/TLPUI

Thanks for the TLP GUI! never realised it had one.

Being in an area subject to power outages I a big fan of TLP and also the 'indicator-cpufreq' applet from software sources.

Do you have to have an account? I could not seem to get it to download.

https://github.com/d4nj1/TLPUI/archive/master.zip
Extract it after download.
Open the extracted folder.
Right click and open terminal.
sudo python3 -m tlpui

[MurphCID]

Thank you.

[Moem]

https://github.com/d4nj1/TLPUI/archive/master.zip
Extract it after download.
Open the extracted folder.
Right click and open terminal.
sudo python3 -m tlpui

That works... but after I close it, how do I start it again? Is there any non-terminal way? It seems rather clumsy to open a terminal in order to open a GUI program, so there is probably an easier way.

[MurphCID]

https://github.com/d4nj1/TLPUI/archive/master.zip
Extract it after download.
Open the extracted folder.
Right click and open terminal.
sudo python3 -m tlpui

That works... but after I close it, how do I start it again? Is there any non-terminal way? It seems rather clumsy to open a terminal in order to open a GUI program, so there is probably an easier way.

Oh heck, I did not try that, good point.

[dark]

https://github.com/d4nj1/TLPUI/archive/master.zip
Extract it after download.
Open the extracted folder.
Right click and open terminal.
sudo python3 -m tlpui

That works... but after I close it, how do I start it again? Is there any non-terminal way? It seems rather clumsy to open a terminal in order to open a GUI program, so there is probably an easier way.

Found a way.

Open text editor of your choice.
Copy/paste this:

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#!/bin/sh
cd ./TLPUI-master
python3 -m tlpui

Save file as tlpui.sh
Copy/paste tlpui.sh to TLPUI-master folder.
Make tlpui.sh executable from Properties > Permissions.
Double click tlpui.sh to run TLPUI GUI.

[Moem]

Thanks. Not exactly the kind of thing I had in mind, but I'm sure some people will find it useful.

[MurphCID]

Thanks. Not exactly the kind of thing I had in mind, but I'm sure some people will find it useful.

Agreed.