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Finston Pickle
Mon Apr 03, 2017 7:07:25 am
I would be interested to know if "Hibernate" can be made to work and what effect on laptop battery life it has.
My suspended power consumption, which I thought should be minimal, is certainly not minimal (about two/three days, laptop lid closed, from full battery).
I wonder what it is that keeps using the power? Mouse dongle, WiFi card, USB stick, "background" apps? Can they be safely switched off?
Swarfendor437
Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:03:42 pm
Yes, services running in the background such as wifi and bluetooth can drain the battery; sadly GNU/Linux is the loser between it and Windows in respect of Notebook Battery life - something to do with the kernel I think - I seem to remember there is a Gnome Shell Extension which provides a 'switch' for the panel to turn wifi off without having to click too many times. I don't know about hibernation.
In the meantime, please read this thread from askubuntu:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/761394/w ... -it#763516
Finston Pickle
Mon Apr 17, 2017 3:52:53 pm
Again above my pay grade I'm afraid, Swarf.
Interestingly, Secure Boot had been disabled by Entroware on my Zorin 12 laptop - but it does not seemed to have helped me.
It seems amazing that suspend does not drastically reduce power consumption at all - I loose about 20% of full laptop power overnight whilst suspended!
Would "Hibernate" be any better, I wonder?