I'm trying to install the Jupiter power settings app but, I read it is no longer compatible with the new kernel. Is there a similar program or a way to manage the power settings on 13.04?
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Improve Power Usage / Battery Life In Linux With TLP
Overview
TLP brings you the benefits of advanced power management for Linux without the need to understand every technical detail. TLP comes with a default configuration already optimized for battery life, so you may just install and forget it. Nevertheless TLP is highly customizable to fulfil your specific requirements.
Features
Also Check Additional functions
Installation
Also Check Prerequisites
ThinkPads
Additional
TLP Indicator for Unity A Unity Indicator created to comfortably switch between AC and BAT Modes. Use it at your own risk. Download here: indicator-TLP.py
Configuration
Removing default Ubuntu cpu frequency config
TLP Developer
( This is not a general prerequisite for TLP but is only needed if the user decides to change the default governor. If a user issues the command without changing the TLP setting too, he ends up with "perfomance", which is quite bad for battery life.), Apply to section 3.) Processor and Frequency Scaling
The main config file of TLP is at /etc/default/tlp
Parameters
General hints
0.) General
Set to 0 to disable TLP (Reboot needed), It should be enabled so leave the default value
1.) File System
DISK_IDLE_SECS_ON_BAT=2 = You can either leave the default value (2) or you can edit it as 5, By default Ubuntu uses 5, its up to you, read the gives below help
This controls how agressive the system is at trying to avoid writing to disk. The longer the disk is idle, the more power you can save.
This is only active on battery power, and it restores these values to kernel defaults when on AC power.
Defaults 5, which enables laptop mode and forces the system to wait 5 seconds whenever something asks to write to disk to flush out as much data as we can.
2.) Dirty page values
Leave the default value
Defaults 60, which means that the kernel will not start forcing process to write out file information that has been changed but not saved until 60% of usable system memory is filled with dirty information.
3.) Processor and Frequency Scaling
Remove the hash and edit it as conservative.
Its up to you what you want, you can also use ON_BAT=powersave
Select a cpu frequency scaling governor: ondemand/powersave/performance/conservative
Governor ??
The governor decides what frequency should be used.
Module Description:
TLP Developer
To use "conservative" over "powersave – especially on AC – should not be a general recommendation but only an option for hardware that produces excessive heat or fan noise.
4.) Min/Max frequency
Set the min/max frequency available for the scaling governor. Possible values strongly depend on your cpu. For available frequencies see tlp-stat output, Section "+++ Processor".
Hint: Parameters are disabled by default, remove the leading # to enable them, otherwise kernel default values are used.
5.) Turbo Boost
Set the cpu "turbo boost" feature: 0=disable / 1=allow ,Requires an Intel Core i processor and kernel 3.7 or later.
Important: This may conflict with your distribution's governor settings, A value of 1 does not activate boosting, it just allows it
6.) Cpu Cores/Hyper-Threads
Minimize number of used cpu cores/hyper-threads under light load conditions
7.) Kernel
Activate kernel NMI watchdog timer (0 = disabled/save power, 1=enabled). A value of 1 is relevant for kernel debugging only.
8.) Hard disk advanced power management level
Set the "Advanced Power Management Level". Possible values range between 1 and 255:
Important: this setting may lead to increased disk drive wear and tear because of excessive read-write head unloading (recognizable from the clicking noises)
Different values for multiple disks are separated with blanks.
9.) Disk I/O Scheduler
Select io scheduler for the disk devices: noop/deadline/cfq (Default: cfq) Separate values for multiple devices with spaces.
noop is often the best choice for memory-backed block devices (e.g. ramdisks) and other non-rotational media (flash) where trying to reschedule I/O is a waste of resources
deadline is a lightweight scheduler which tries to put a hard limit on latency
cfq tries to maintain system-wide fairness of I/O bandwidth
10.) SATA aggressive link power management (ALPM):
min_power/medium_power/max_performance
ALPM Aggressive Link Power Management (ALPM) is a mechanism where a SATA AHCI controller can put the SATA link that connects to the disk into a very low power mode during periods of zero I/O activity and into an active power state when work needs to be done. Tests show that this can save around 0.5-1.5 Watts of power on a typical system. ( For more check " Sources and additional help " )
11.) PCI Express Active State Power Management (PCIe ASPM):
( default/performance/powersave )
Hint: needs kernel boot option pcie_aspm=force on some machines
12.) Radeon graphics clock speed
(profile method): low/mid/high/auto/default
auto = mid on BAT, high on AC; default = use hardware defaults (Kernel >= 2.6.35 only, not with fglrx driver!)
13.) WiFi power saving mode
1=disable/5=enable
(Linux 2.6.32 and later, some adapters only!)
14.) Disable wake on lan
Y = Yes , N = No
15.) Audio power saving for Intel HDA
Enable audio power saving for Intel HDA, AC97 devices (timeout in secs). A value of 0 disables / >=1 enables power save.
16.) Power off optical drive in UltraBay >> (ThinkPads only)
Set to 1 to power off optical drive in UltraBay (ThinkPads only), when running on battery. A value of 0 disables this Feature (Default). Drive can be powered on again by releasing (and reinserting) the eject lever or by pressing the disc eject button on newer models. Note: an UltraBay hard disk is never powered off.
17.) Runtime Power Management for pci(e) bus devices
Runtime PM for all pci(e) bus devices: 0=disable / 1=enable, Warning: experimental option, could cause system instabilities
Some times my usb mouse dongle didn't work when i plug it in usb 3 port, work fine when i plug it in usb 2 port, and all my usb 3 devices are working properly no issue.
18.) Usb autosuspend
Set to 0 to disable/1 to enable usb autosuspend feature
19.) System Start and Shutdown
Restores radio device state (builtin bluetooth, wifi, wwan) from previous shutdown on system startup:
0 – disable, 1 – enable
Disables builtin radio devices upon system start:
Multiple devices are separated with blanks.
I have an error that my Blue tooth device is not Disabled on start up, so if you face this problem just do the following config
And add the following line before exit 0
Save & Exit & Reboot
Working with TLP
After installation TLP will be automatically activated upon system start.
To start it immediately without reboot or to apply changed settings use:
Use the tlp-stat terminal command to check if TLP is working properly
Check You system temperature
Show battery information only:
Show configuration only:
Show radio devices switch state only:
Show temperatures and fan speed only:
Apply Battery Settings (ignoring the actual power source):
Apply AC Settings (ignoring the actual power source):
You can check Which I/O you are using.
Trace Mode
To examine suspected problems in TLP more closely, activate trace mode in /etc/default/tlp:
Add above mentioned line in the end /etc/default/tlp , The accumulated trace data may be read at any time with
Or
In case the trace output is missing, you have to modify your rsyslogd configuration. Create the file
/etc/rsyslog.d/90-debug.conf
containingAnd restart the daemon
Sources and additional help
There is very good support at TLP Website
Useful Config Link 1
TLP Settings
ALPM
Optional tweaks
Tweak your CPU frequency with
indicator-cpufreq
Installation
indicator-cpufreq
will help you change your CPU frequency on the go:Go to Dash > search for Startup > edit
indicator-cpufreq
add-f
or copy paste the following command:Screenshot
With the indicator you will be able to monitor your current CPU frequency & can change CPU frequency
Changing CPU frequency
Click on indicator
Additional Advice
VA-API (Hardware Acceleration For Intel / AMD GPUs)
Overview
The main motivation for VA-API (Video Acceleration API) is to enable hardware accelerated video decode/encode at various entry-points (VLD, IDCT, Motion Compensation etc.) for the prevailing coding standards today (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP/H.263, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, and VC-1/VMW3). Extending XvMC was considered, but due to its original design for MPEG-2 MotionComp only, it made more sense to design an interface from scratch that can fully expose the video decode capabilities in today's GPUs.
Official Intel Drivers are using VA-API
Support video codecs
Install Intel / AMD VA-API drivers in Ubuntu
for Intel GPUs (for Intel HD Graphics as well as G45 and later):
for AMD Radeon GPUs (you also need the proprietary drivers!):
By default, the MPlayer version available in the official Ubuntu repositories doesn't support VA-API, but you can use a PPA which provides custom MPlayer builds with VA-API support.
Now you need to install smplayer or vlc
OR
Configuration
SMPLAYER
Its in Option tab > Preferences, on the Video tab > General Video > Output driver set the video output driver to "vaapi":
VLC
Its in Tools > Preferences > Input & Codecs > Enable Use GPU Accelerated decoding
Helpful Links
PowerSavingTweaks for Intel Graphics
change:
to:
and run:
Helpful Links