tlp

[Degsy]

Hi Mark,
as suggested new thread for tlp. I would be obliged if you could guide me through this installation as I have only ever done installs through the software centre.
Many thanks,
Degsy

[Degsy]

Actually Mark, managed to follow the instructions on the link you gave me and it seems to be working ok, will come back to you if I find any problems. Any comments etc that you think might be helpful will, of course, be gratefully received.

Cheers,
Degsy

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Yup nothing hard about installing TLP in peppermint 4 .. just a few commands

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp

then

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sudo apt-get update

then

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sudo apt-get install tlp tlp-rdw smartmontools ethtool

then start it wth:

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sudo tlp start

and check it's running with:

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sudo tlp-stat

As long as (after a reboot) that last command returns

TLP power save = enabled

as part of the output, you're good to go .. your CPU should automagically get throttled back when not under load.


References:
http://www.noobslab.com/2013/07/how-to-improve-laptop-power-management.html
and/or here:
http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html

[Degsy]

Yes, have rebooted and all working well. I am amazed at the difference in battery life since going to peppermint 4 from XP, I could hardly get a boot up using battery power under XP but now it lasts whilst using Pep 4. Really pleased with this and haven't booted XP since it was installed.

Degsy

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Pleased to hear it