I’m having an issue with my laptop battery draining too quickly. I tried optimizing power consumption by installing **auto-cpufreq** using the --install command as per a guide I found. However, I haven’t noticed any difference in battery life—it still drains just as fast, even when I’m just coding in an IDE or browsing in Firefox. First of all, I also tried tlp, but it doesn't help either. - Could the issue be with the battery itself (e.g., wear and tear)? How can I check - What other power optimization methods can I - Could Firefox or my IDE (e.g., VS Code) be causing the rapid drain? How can I check this? - Are there any alternatives to auto-cpufreq that might help? **My Setup:** **OS**: - Debian GNU/Linux 12 bookworm (x86-64) **Inteface**: - Cinnamon Version 5.6.8 **Processor**: - 11th Gen Intel© Core™ i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz × 4 I bought my laptop 2 years ago. Results of command: upower -i $(upower -e | grep BAT) | grep -E 'energy-full|capacity'

energy-full:         28.8827 Wh
    energy-full-design:  37.037 Wh
    capacity:            77.9834%

I have enabled tlp to enable charge_control_end_threshold = 80%. However, this is not surviving a reboot. After a rebbot, I am getting: sudo systemctl status tlp.service ○ tlp.service - TLP system startup/shutdown Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/tlp.service; enabled; preset: disabled) Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d └─10-timeout-abort.conf Active: inactive (dead) Docs: https://linrunner.de/tlp sudo tlp-stat -b [sudo] password for rudra: --- TLP 1.6.1 -------------------------------------------- +++ Battery Care Plugin: asus Supported features: charge threshold Driver usage: * natacpi (asus_wmi) = active (charge threshold) Parameter value range: * STOP_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0/1: 0(off)..100(default) +++ Battery Status: BAT0 /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/manufacturer = ASUSTeK /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/model_name = ASUS Battery /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/cycle_count = 104 /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/energy_full_design = 75086 [mWh] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/energy_full = 68032 [mWh] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/energy_now = 52042 [mWh] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power_now = 2997 [mW] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status = Discharging /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold = 100 [%] Charge = 76.5 [%] Capacity = 90.6 [%] I have to restart the service manually again to get the things back: sudo systemctl restart tlp.service sudo systemctl status tlp.service ● tlp.service - TLP system startup/shutdown Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/tlp.service; enabled; preset: disabled) Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d └─10-timeout-abort.conf Active: active (exited) since Sun 2024-10-06 00:26:51 IST; 1s ago Invocation: c137b95091b2476c9c72f885dafe5bda Docs: https://linrunner.de/tlp Process: 5091 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/tlp init start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 5091 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Mem peak: 7.6M CPU: 231ms Oct 06 00:26:51 roddur systemd: Starting tlp.service - TLP system startup/shutdown... Oct 06 00:26:51 roddur tlp: Applying power save settings...done. Oct 06 00:26:51 roddur tlp: Setting battery charge thresholds...done. Oct 06 00:26:51 roddur systemd: Finished tlp.service - TLP system startup/shutdown. sudo tlp-stat -b --- TLP 1.6.1 -------------------------------------------- +++ Battery Care Plugin: asus Supported features: charge threshold Driver usage: * natacpi (asus_wmi) = active (charge threshold) Parameter value range: * STOP_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0/1: 0(off)..100(default) +++ Battery Status: BAT0 /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/manufacturer = ASUSTeK /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/model_name = ASUS Battery /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/cycle_count = 104 /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/energy_full_design = 75086 [mWh] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/energy_full = 68032 [mWh] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/energy_now = 51675 [mWh] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power_now = 5834 [mW] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status = Discharging /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold = 80 [%] Charge = 76.0 [%] Capacity = 90.6 [%] In tlp-support, there is a similar report, but in that case, the asus battery was not detected: https://linrunner.de/tlp/faq/battery.html#faq-asus-threshold-not-set-on-boot But, in this case, battery is detected, hence I am bit hesitant to unload asus-wsi module. Any help please?