How to Save Battery & Prevent Overheating on openSUSE 42.x Leap

January 27, 2017 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Linux Advanced Power Management for openSUSE 42.x Leap

Hello openSUSE User! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install a little Daemon which serves as Laptop Battery Power/Life Saver and to Prevent CPU Excessive Heating on openSUSE 42.x Leap GNU/Linux Desktop.

TLP brings you the benefits of advanced power management for Linux without the need to understand every technical detail.

TLP comes with a default configuration already optimized for battery life, so you may just install and forget it.

Nevertheless TLP is highly customizable to fulfil your specific requirements.

How to Save Battery & Prevent Overheating on openSUSE 42.x Leap - Featured
  1. Open Console Terminal Shell emulator window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    How to Save Battery & Prevent Overheating on openSUSE 42.x Leap - Kde openSUSE Open Terminal
  2. Installing TLP on openSUSE.

    sudo zypper in tlp tlp-rdw

    This little daemon after works on background managing the power…
    ThinkPads require an additional:

    sudo zypper in tp-smapi-kmp acpi-call-kmp

    You must Disable Secure Boot to use the ThinkPad specific packages.

  3. Starting the TLP daemon without ReBoot.

    sudo tlp start
  4. Check if TLP is Working.

    tlp-stat -s

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