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TLP is advanced power management tool for Linux without necessity to understand every technical detail.

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Set battery thresholds on Ubuntu (ASUS)

I've recently switched from Windows to Ubuntu, and I was kind of frustrated when I found out that there was no way to set battery thresholds on Linux. On Windows, I can choose to limit charge to 60% (the laptop stops charging at 60% and resumes…
Théo Cheynel
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Persistent High-Fan Speed Ubuntu 14.04

I am using a Dell Inspiron 15R 5520 laptop running Ubuntu 14.04 with kernel version 3.13.0-34 generic. Since installing the OS, I have been having issues with my computer's fan spinning at its maximum speed for prolonged periods of time. I tried…
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How can I install TLP in Ubuntu 18.04?

I tried installing TLP in ubuntu 18.04 using the command line sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp But I get the following error: How do I solve this problem?
Rima
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tlp-stat and power indicator show different battery levels

Ubuntu tells me in the menu bar that my battery percentage is 86%: While tlp-stat says it should be 95.9% sunqingyao@sunqingyao-MacBookAir:~$ sudo tlp-stat -b --- TLP 1.0 -------------------------------------------- +++ Battery…
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Battery doesn't charge when completely drained

Whenever my computer completely drains its battery (those rare cases when I use it until it turns off), after I plug it it wont charge. The battery indicator will show 0% and "Estimating..." where it should say how much time until fully charged. I…
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tlp command to execute full battery charge and then reset to configured settings without reboot?

I have my Thinkpad laptop configured to charge up to 80% cause I mostly use it on AC. On the occasional use where I am taking it off AC, is there a command that basically tells tlp to charge the battery to 100% and once 100% is reached, return…
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Ubuntu 22.04 - Built-in power settings vs. TLP

I've just switched from ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 and noticed the new version offers power management settings, to an extent. I suppose one shouldn't run tlp alongside it, but choose one or the other? And if that's so, which one should be chosen? I'd be…
impresso
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Restart TLP service without rebooting system

TLP helps make my laptop more conservative on power when on battery power, and more performance focused when on AC. The issue is that when I want to enable/disable TLP or change some settings with TLPUI, it requires a reboot before it takes affect.…
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Ubuntu 17.04 - Installing TLP asks for additional dependencies like postfix

Have issue with installing TLP in Ubuntu 17.04. It brings up new dependencies like postfix, which I don't want to install in a home laptop. Earlier versions of ubuntu did not ask for postfix.
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USB ethernet adapter (Realtek r8153) keeps disconnecting

Since upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 from 17.10 my usb ethernet adapter keeps disconnecting. It used to work perfectly with 17.10. dmesg shows the following output upon a connection drop: [ 273.462732] usb 4-1.4: usb_reset_and_verify_device Failed to…
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Is there a GUI for the TLP Power management application?

I was wondering if somebody already programmed a GUI for the wonderful TLP power-management application? http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html
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What exactly is TLP doing that default system config wouldn't?

All the info about TLP on the surface looks more like advertisement and marketing to me, I can't see any detailed comparison to default configurations. What are the precise differences compared to default (K/L)Ubuntu installs under the hood, are…
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how to disable tlp

I installed tlp but I am wondering how would I disable tlp. I read the docs and it said to disable it you have to set TLP_ENABLE=0 but how would I do that. Is there a different way of disabling it from the terminal.
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TLP don't change CPU frequency

I check CPU clock speed with cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "MHz", After sudo tlp start and sudo tlp bat still frequency is 2100MHz (Maximum). Could you please help me to solve this problem? I'm using latest kernel (3.17.4) and because I want to use…
Daniyal Javani
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How to uninstall or remove TLP?

I searched but couldn't find how to uninstall TLP. I installed it but performance is weird. So I uninstalled it through Synaptic but I still have the icon of it running.
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