Feature changed by: Stakanov Schufter (stakanov) Feature #314963, revision 4 Title: Manage battery threshold openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Marc collin (collinm) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Some laptop have tool in windows to decide when laptop stop to chargin battery. This feature allow to increate life battery. This is a tool to manage lenovo battery threshold. some laptops are supported by this project tpacpi-bat https://github.com/teleshoes/tpacpi-bat some laptops are managed by this one and have more features https://github.com/evgeni/tp_smapi theses need acpi_call https://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call laptop sale are better than desktop and lenovo are an important laptop seller. Include these basic tool can make life easier for a lot of people. + Discussion: + #1: Stakanov Schufter (stakanov) (2013-04-10 10:31:12) + Running a Lenovo X201 with a 9 cell battery. The battery is now on 50% + after two years, this is a very short life time. I think a lot is due + to the stress of loading because it is used with an ultra-base. Mobile + computing gets more and more important compared to home computing. So + together with a power-management of the kernel that finally increased + in completeness and functionality in its last editions, this feature + would be a logical extension. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314963

Feature changed by: Richard Brown (RBrownSUSE) Feature #314963, revision 6 Title: Manage battery threshold - openSUSE Distribution: New + openSUSE Distribution: Done Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Marc collin (collinm) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Some laptop have tool in windows to decide when laptop stop to chargin battery. This feature allow to increate life battery. This is a tool to manage lenovo battery threshold. some laptops are supported by this project tpacpi-bat https://github.com/teleshoes/tpacpi-bat some laptops are managed by this one and have more features https://github.com/evgeni/tp_smapi theses need acpi_call https://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call laptop sale are better than desktop and lenovo are an important laptop seller. Include these basic tool can make life easier for a lot of people. Discussion: #1: Stakanov Schufter (stakanov) (2013-04-10 10:31:12) Running a Lenovo X201 with a 9 cell battery. The battery is now on 50% after two years, this is a very short life time. I think a lot is due to the stress of loading because it is used with an ultra-base. Mobile computing gets more and more important compared to home computing. So together with a power-management of the kernel that finally increased in completeness and functionality in its last editions, this feature would be a logical extension. + #2: Richard Brown (rbrownsuse) (2015-02-03 11:19:15) + This is already done in GNOME in openSUSE 13.2 and I believe also in + KDE, so closing this feature -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314963

Feature changed by: Jan Ritzerfeld (jritzerfeld) Feature #314963, revision 8 Title: Manage battery threshold - openSUSE Distribution: Done + openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Marc collin (collinm) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Some laptop have tool in windows to decide when laptop stop to chargin battery. This feature allow to increate life battery. This is a tool to manage lenovo battery threshold. some laptops are supported by this project tpacpi-bat https://github.com/teleshoes/tpacpi-bat some laptops are managed by this one and have more features https://github.com/evgeni/tp_smapi theses need acpi_call https://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call laptop sale are better than desktop and lenovo are an important laptop seller. Include these basic tool can make life easier for a lot of people. Discussion: #1: Stakanov Schufter (stakanov) (2013-04-10 10:31:12) Running a Lenovo X201 with a 9 cell battery. The battery is now on 50% after two years, this is a very short life time. I think a lot is due to the stress of loading because it is used with an ultra-base. Mobile computing gets more and more important compared to home computing. So together with a power-management of the kernel that finally increased in completeness and functionality in its last editions, this feature would be a logical extension. #2: Richard Brown (rbrownsuse) (2015-02-03 11:19:15) This is already done in GNOME in openSUSE 13.2 and I believe also in KDE, so closing this feature #3: Jan Ritzerfeld (jritzerfeld) (2016-06-19 20:52:19) (reply to #2) I doubt that this is true. The request is about battery charging thresholds, i.e., at which battery level the hardware starts charging and when it stops. I am not aware of such an option in KDE. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314963