Questions tagged [low-power]
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No low battery popup notification in 16.04
I use Unity in 16.04. For some reason, I am not getting popup notifications for low battery. I have to rely on battery icon in top panel to see if battery is on the " low battery " side. Is the default behaviour in 16.04 ? Or I am not getting pop…
user227495
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How do you limit root partition disk access to allow drive to go into standby mode?
When there are no users on my system, I would like the hard disk to spindown to low-power state. I realize that this might not be 100% achievable for a straight 24 hours, but it seems reasonable that the system could remain idle for a few hours at a…
cmcginty
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WOL and Sleep Mode
I have a small ubuntu server set up as a media server and web server for my home network. The usage of the server however is less than 5% of the day, so I am trying to find a neat solution to
wake up when someone accesses the server
sleep/hibernate…
Codemwnci
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How to shut down my pc like it does when it is running out of battery?
How do I put my pc (ubuntu 16.04) in the same state as when in automatically tuns off when the battery level is too low (without letting it die of course).
It is interesting for me because open apps aren't closed when this happens, so I can still…
00-Yalo
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Ubuntu 14.04 turns off abruptly instead of suspend when battery low
My Ubuntu 14.04 laptop turns off abruptly without showing any warning or notification even though I have set it to suspend when battery low what is the underlying problem?
Shahzaib Rahim
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impossible to make ubuntu go to sleep when battery is low
I have a bit of a problem with my acer aspire one 725 (Ubuntu 16.04) when the battery gets low. At first, I get a message at 10% battery (as expected), and everything is working fine. When my battery gets below 3% or 5% (can't remember which one it…
Peetah
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low battery back up on my dell laptop xps 15 lx501 running on ubuntu14.04
i am getting battery backup of 1:40 on my laptop when the battery is full charged.
battery is new so i doubt that there is any problem with that.
it was running perfectly fine on windows 7 this problem arises when i shifted to ubuntu .i am new to…
Kunal Sharma
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What ubuntu flavour i can install in this low end machine
My 13 year old brother has a notebook with an intel core duo at 1.83GHz and 2.50gb of ram.
As his computer is getting very slow(it has windows 7) he asked me to install linux in his machine as he saw mine and thinked that it will run better in his…
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Heating problems in HP Pavilion g6 AMD Vision A10
I have istalled TLP and AMD propreitary drivers (AMD Catalyst). But still the heating problem persists. Installing the above 2 helped a little by cooling to 3-5 degrees.
but still the cpu temp is greater than 60 degrees. and battery is draining much…
Swapna Sindhu Mishra
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17.10 Frequent Mouse Battery Low Notifications
For more than 3 months now I get frequent notifications stating:
Mouse battery low
Wireless mouse is low in power (10%)
I use a Logitech M705 mouse with Unifying Receiver in my living room with a tiny desktop which is connected to my tv. It…
NeoRey
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HDD standby mode does not turn on automatically
I have added the following lines
/dev/hda {
spindown_time = 60
}
/dev/hdb {
spindown_time = 60
}
/dev/hdc {
spindown_time = 60
}
to the end of my /etc/hdparm.conf file and rebooted.
Unfortunately, no any effect of these lines observed.…
Dims
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How to stop Ubuntu Mate hibernating when the battery hits zero
I sadly own an old IBM think pad x31 and its battery is shot. It only holds about 20% of its charge and more importantly the majority of its power is reported as being below zero percent. I recently upgraded from Lubuntu to Ubuntu mate.
Lubuntu…
Ben
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