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Re: Bug (?) affecting dramatically laptop battery life introduced in the latest debian testing updates



On 11/27/17, Pietro Vischia <pietro.vischia@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I apologize in advance if this is not the correct forum: I am
> following the instructions at
> https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting.en.html in the case in which the
> user is not sure of which package is affected.
>
> I have a Lenovo T460P, and with stretch I enjoyed a reasonable battery
> life (~4 hours). At the beginning of November I switched to buster,
> and things were still OK.
>
> Last week I made an upgrade as usual, and since reboot the battery
> lasts half an hour to one hour tops, which led me to think that a bug
> has been introduced in the latest updates.
>
> I am not sure of how to pinpoint which is the package responsible for
> that, although I suspect it might be either the ACPI package or the
> battery module of the kernel: could you perhaps please suggest me the
> best way to pinpoint the culprit for producing a detailed bug report?


Hi, Pietro.. I don't have a direct answer, but one thought occurred to
me. Do you have a way to boot again from either of the other releases
again to see if it goes back to your ~4 hour expectation?

That's all I got, grin. It would have to be almost exactly the same as
before. In other words, it's.... well, on second thought, I don't
know.

Can anyone present a test screnario where the power usage would be at
least somewhat similar without having to undo a new installation? What
I'm imagining is testing via a memory stick'ish or external hard drive
situation. Not scientific, but it might yield something of possible
use, anyway... Or not. :)

Cindy :)
-- 
Cindy-Sue Causey
Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA

* runs with duct tape *


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