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Improved battery life with TLP daemon - Surehand53 - 12-30-2024
In one of the recent Manjaro system updates TLP was mentioned as an option to power-profiles-daemon to manage battery life for the Pinebook Pro.
On the Pinebook Pro the TLP power management gives subjectively better battery performance over power-profiles-daemon. Especially sleep lasts over night without problems. My PBP is one of the earliest (second batch, I believe) and yet with TLP the battery performance is great.
The downside is that the PBP user interface feels slightly more sluggish in KDE Plasma. Everything seems to be a bit slower than it used to be. This might be different in a simpler (tiling) window manager. The TLP documentation mentions that their power management suits light users best (writing, etc).
However, the battery performance feels much improved.
If you are interested:
## Install TLP
Code:
$ sudo pacman -S tlpYou will be asked to uninstall **power-profiles-daemon**, say yes.
There is an additional package `tlp-rdw`, check in the docu if you want that.
To enable the service use (and reboot)
Code:
$ sudo systemctl enable tlp.service## Config
I have used this config change to improve performance when power is plugged in:
Edit /etc/tlp.conf and un-comment and update:
CPU_ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_AC=performance
You can check the config with:
Code:
tlp-stat --config
tlp-stat -p
tlp-stat -p -vIf you want you can set `CPU_ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_BAT` to `performance` as well.
Here is a link to the TLP documentation
# power-profiles-daemon
To switch back to the **power-profiles-daemon**:
Code:
$ sudo pacman -S power-profiles-daemon
$ sudo systemctl enable power-profiles-daemonAnd here is the link to some power-profiles-daemon documentation