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Increased power draw in laptops with hybrid nvidia graphics after wakeup from suspension. #63

Closed DuttaAB-dev closed 3 years ago

DuttaAB-dev commented 3 years ago

Distribution (run cat /etc/os-release): NAME="Pop!_OS" VERSION="21.04" ID=pop ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian" PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 21.04" VERSION_ID="21.04" HOME_URL="https://pop.system76.com" SUPPORT_URL="https://support.system76.com" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy" VERSION_CODENAME=hirsute UBUNTU_CODENAME=hirsute LOGO=distributor-logo-pop-os

neofetch:

Related Application and/or Package Version (run apt policy $PACKAGE NAME):

system76-power: Installed: 1.1.16~1620080479~21.04~b74bcb7 Candidate: 1.1.16~1620080479~21.04~b74bcb7 Version table: *** 1.1.16~1620080479~21.04~b74bcb7 1001 1001 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76/pop/ubuntu hirsute/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Issue/Bug Description: The laptop runs normally after booting, consumes only 4-6W of power under normal usage(integrated graphics, battery life mode) and continues so even after using it for hours. But after waking it up from sleep, power draw increases to 10-15W even in idle. Also CPU usage increases dramatically. This remains until the device is rebooted. And it seems that the reason behind this is that the nvidia gpu gets enabled after waking the system up.

Before suspending the laptop-

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After waking up from suspension:-

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[Note the added nvidia gpu in the system info.]

Steps to reproduce : Set the laptop to sleep/turn the lid off and then wake again.

Expected behavior: Normal power #usage(4-6W)

Other notes The same issue is open in system76-power/#248

jacobgkau commented 3 years ago

The same issue is open in system76-power/#248

Thank you for the report; however, I'm closing this as a duplicate of https://github.com/pop-os/system76-power/issues/248. There is no advantage to having multiple issues open for the same problem.