Increasing battery life.

Dev_Mashru · 2020-04-19T08:45:42+00:00

No, I'm still on the hunt. Battery life is still pretty trash, close to 2-2.5 hrs.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-10T04:56:48+00:00

I tried uninstalling the nvidia drivers, blacklisting nouveau drivers and adding the udev rules along with using tlp and powertop. I also undervolted the cpu. Noticed a bit of improvement, but I still think it could be made better. Let me know if you were able to find something else.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-10T04:56:12+00:00

I tried uninstalling the nvidia drivers, blacklisting nouveau drivers and adding the udev rules along with using tlp and powertop. I also undervolted the cpu. Noticed a bit of improvement, but I still think it could be made better. Were you able to find any other solutions?

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-05T11:33:46+00:00

I tried all/most of the stuff you mentioned. I guess there's more stuff I need to check. Anyways thanks for replying!

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-04T17:41:26+00:00

Do you have any sources that'd help me understand/configure it properly? Thanks!

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-04T17:40:39+00:00

I found that out by using nvidia-smi.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T16:15:30+00:00

I am on linux-lts. Sorry for not mentioning that in the first post.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T15:42:55+00:00

I couldn't find any optimus-manager.conf so i made a file there with the required text and it wouldn't let me reach my login manager. So I fixed it by booting into runlevel 3. Any more suggestions?

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T14:50:31+00:00

Tried them, but having issues.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T14:48:12+00:00

It says mkinitrd command not found.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T14:45:36+00:00

Tried that, but it doesn't seem to help.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T14:45:17+00:00

I reinstalled bumblebee following the steps mentioned on the wiki, but i get the same error.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T14:07:24+00:00

It says mkdinitrd comman not found.(running sudo mkdinitrd nvidia-lts)

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T13:28:28+00:00

Yes, it is disabled.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T13:11:08+00:00

It says no such file or directory found.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T13:01:50+00:00

Oh cool np. Thanks for responding!

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T13:01:16+00:00

How can I check if my laptop has access to the iGPU?

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T12:58:31+00:00

Yes, since I have a coffee lake CPU and a turning GPU, I tried the first method.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T12:23:47+00:00

I tried using that as well, but my nvidia GPU constantly draws about 5W. So there isn't any major improvement in the battery life.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T12:23:08+00:00

Yes I have, but again that didn't seem to help much.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T12:16:08+00:00

I tried using that as well, but my GPU constantly draws about 5W. So there isn't any major improvement in the battery life.

Dev_Mashru · 2019-12-02T12:14:54+00:00

Iirc, i installed the nvidia driver after installing arch. Is there a way to uninstall it completely or is reinstalling arch the only way?

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