Battery Consumption on MX 19.3 too high, how can I fix it?

[spider_Leo]

I have a new notebook and I directly install MX19.3 on it. But the battery has an autonomy lower than 2 hours . That's not expected. I supposed I haven't configured well the OS to get the best out of my battery.
Can you please help me to improve on my battery consumption? I read the graphic card could be an issue. Please keep in mind too that I got a modest experience with Linux.
loading the battery take 1 hour 50 minutes, and it runs empty in 1 hour 37 minutes (approximately). To load the battery take more time, that cannot be usual

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System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.8.0-3-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-3-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-19.3_ahs_x64 patito feo November 11  2020 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Nitro AN515-55 v: V1.00 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: CML model: Stonic_CMS v: V1.00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.00 
           date: 03/19/2020 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 39.7 Wh condition: 55.3/57.5 Wh (96%) volts: 15.4/15.4 
           model: LGC AP18E8M type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: N/A 
           family: 6 model-id: A5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: C8 L2 cache: 12.0 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 62399 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/5000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 
           5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 799 11: 800 12: 800 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           chip ID: 8086:9bc4 
           Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: N/A bus ID: 01:00.0 
           chip ID: 10de:1f15 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~144Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.8 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:06c8 
           Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f9 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.0-3-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 5000 bus ID: 00:14.3 
           chip ID: 8086:06f0 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 
           bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:2600 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 10.53 GiB (1.1%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-1T00-1014 
           size: 953.87 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 
           serial: <filter> rev: 21103900 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 951.59 GiB size: 935.65 GiB (98.33%) used: 10.53 GiB (1.1%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           2: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ buster ahs
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list 
           1: deb https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 291 Uptime: 25m Memory: 31.20 GiB used: 1.73 GiB (5.5%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: quick-system-in 
           running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 

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OS: MX x86_64 
Host: Nitro AN515-55 V1.00
Kernel: 5.8.0-3-amd64
Uptime: 46 mins
Packages: 2504 (dpkg)
Shell: bash 5.0.3
Resolution: 1920x1080 
DE: Xfce 
WM: Xfwm4
WM Theme: Greybird-dark-mx 
Theme: Greybird-dark-mx [GTK2], Arc-Darker [GTK3] 
Icons: Papirus-Dark [GTK2], Moka [GTK3]
Terminal: xfce4-terminal
`oMM   Terminal Font: Liberation Mono 11
CPU: Intel i7-10750H (12) @ 5.000GHz 
GPU: NVIDIA 01:00.0 NVIDIA Corporation Device 1f15 
GPU: Intel Device 9bc4 
Memory: 1952MiB / 31948MiB 

[Huckleberry Finn]

You can install tlpui from MX Package Installer (look at the Test Repo tab, too) and follow it on gui .

Yes, double-cards may also cause that. You can also (if there's such an option in Bios) disable one of the cards and try, compare...

Your pc is new, even so, you can calibrate the battery: On Power Manager - System tab set critical level to lowest (%1 etc) , and others to "do nothing etc." , then without the power adapter, let it drain completely and shut down by itself. Then (when it's off) plug the adapter and leave it for a few hours (as much as you can) to get fully charged.

Also on Session and Startup => App. Autostart tab, uncheck some (printer, bluetooth, clipit etc) that you don't use every boot, so it will be lighter ...

[spider_Leo]

You can install tlpui from MX Package Installer (look at the Test Repo tab, too) and follow it on gui .

Yes, double-cards may also cause that. You can also (if there's such an option in Bios) disable one of the cards and try, compare...

Your pc is new, even so, you can calibrate the battery: On Power Manager - System tab set critical level to lowest (%1 etc) , and others to "do nothing etc." , then without the power adapter, let it drain completely and shut down by itself. Then (when it's off) plug the adapter and leave it for a few hours (as much as you can) to get fully charged.

Also on Session and Startup => App. Autostart tab, uncheck some (printer, bluetooth, clipit etc) that you don't use every boot, so it will be lighter ...

Thank for the answer.

• I install tlpui (as you can see on the image below) but I don't know if any configurations are required. The configuration which is available as default seems (for a novice like me) to be optimal.

• If I disable one graphic card, do I not loose graphical performance?

• I reduced the brightness and edit the power manager. The most I get, currently is 2 hours and 1 miute

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[Huckleberry Finn]

• If I disable one graphic card, do I not loose graphical performance?

Yes, but that's just till you test, observe .. Normally one (intel) is enough for daily things, the other is used when required (also causes some heat) especially when gaming etc.

[spider_Leo]

I ran nvidia driver installer and I got an conflict because of nouveau driver.
blumblebee driver installation failed because nouveau already used the kernel.
Now when I reboot the laptop I get the following message:

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[     1.169829] integrity: Problem loading X.509 certificate -65
[     1.169849] integrity: Problem loading X.509 certificate -65
[ ok ] Starting virtual network daemon:.
[....] Starting SANE network scanner server: saned

[spider_Leo]

• If I disable one graphic card, do I not loose graphical performance?

Yes, but that's just till you test, observe .. Normally one (intel) is enough for daily things, the other is used when required (also causes some heat) especially when gaming etc.

In BIOS mode, there is not option for Integrated Peripherals or rather than On-Board-Devices. I don't know how to get it.

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[Huckleberry Finn]

Ok. That's not on all Bioses / double-card machines... Just when available (changes according to make/model etc.)

[j2mcgreg]

• If I disable one graphic card, do I not loose graphical performance?

Yes, but that's just till you test, observe .. Normally one (intel) is enough for daily things, the other is used when required (also causes some heat) especially when gaming etc.

In BIOS mode, there is not option for Integrated Peripherals or rather than On-Board-Devices. I don't know how to get it.

BIOS_1.pngBIOS_2.png

On new Acer laptops like yours you have to set up an Administrator password for the Insyde H20 Set-Up Utility in order to access the advanced options.

[spider_Leo]

On new Acer laptops like yours you have to set up an Administrator password for the Insyde H20 Set-Up Utility in order to access the advanced options.

Boot Mode: UEFI
Secure Boot: Disabled
I set an admin password, but it doesn't matter. I don't get any new options in BIOS
I still get the integrity problems mentioned above

[j2mcgreg]

There are five available bios updates for your laptop and can be found here:

https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/s ... t/8305?b=1

It looks like versions 1.03 and 1.04 deal with enhancing the feature set.

Unfortunately, you will need Win 10 installed in order to apply them