linrunner / TLP

TLP - Optimize Linux Laptop Battery Life
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Add FAQ: what is the best way to only enable a small part of tlp? #250

Closed jidanni closed 7 years ago

jidanni commented 7 years ago

Please add a FAQ:

How do I just get the benefits of e.g., "tlp usb", without enabling any other parts of the package?

(You see they say to use "tlp usb" to fix the fact that on the console I get these messages about the mouse disconnecting every 62 seconds (checked with

perl -nwle 'next unless /PixArt$/; m/\[\s*(\d+)/ or die;
  $this=$1; print $this-$last; $last=$this;' /var/log/syslog

) just like https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg88994.html (See also https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=150114 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1426292 https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7907316.html http://hamwaves.com/usb.autosuspend/en/ )

linrunner commented 7 years ago

TLP is not modular by design. This would be quite difficult to describe and even more difficult to understand for the common user.

The WWW is full of examples about employing USB autosuspend and every other kernel powersave feature, so i think it's far more efficient you write a little script for your special case.

jidanni commented 7 years ago

OK, maybe put the above Q & A in the FAQ.