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andyturfer

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Registered: 2021-01-08

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[SOLVED] How to install performance profile selector?

On Fedora 39 KDE, when I click on the battery in the task manager, there's an option to set the performance profile (I think the options were "power saver", "balanced" and "performance").

What do I need to install to get this working on Arch (with KDE Plasma)?

Last edited by andyturfer (2024-01-18 23:40:42)

d.ALT

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Registered: 2019-05-10

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Re: [SOLVED] How to install performance profile selector?

You mean this?https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/power-profiles-daemon/

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andyturfer

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Registered: 2021-01-08

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Re: [SOLVED] How to install performance profile selector?

You mean this?https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/power-profiles-daemon/

Thanks, this worked!

$ sudo pacman -S power-profiles-daemon
$ sudo systemctl enable power-profiles-daemon.service
$ sudo reboot

Looks like this could double my battery life (according to the "estimated battery life" displayed when hovering above the battery in the systray) With Firefox open (and 5 or 6 tabs), power draw used to hover around 20W. Now, doing the same thing, power draw hovers around 10W - 11W.

yochananmarqos

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Registered: 2020-02-05

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Re: [SOLVED] How to install performance profile selector?

Reference links for posterity:

* https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE#Power_management
* https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CPU_fr … les-daemon

sukuna

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Registered: 2024-07-27

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Re: [SOLVED] How to install performance profile selector?

You mean this?https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/power-profiles-daemon/

Thanks, this worked!

$ sudo pacman -S power-profiles-daemon
$ sudo systemctl enable power-profiles-daemon.service
$ sudo reboot

Looks like this could double my battery life (according to the "estimated battery life" displayed when hovering above the battery in the systray) With Firefox open (and 5 or 6 tabs), power draw used to hover around 20W. Now, doing the same thing, power draw hovers around 10W - 11W.

No need to reboot, just

sudo systemctl start power-profiles-daemon.service

after these steps