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This module is a configuration tool for managing Power Management in KDE. It is a configurator for the PowerDevil daemon, that you can start or stop from the Service Manager module.
Through this module, you can define your computer's behavior in various situations, allowing you to save as much energy as possible.
Powerdevil works with Solid only and it's integrated in your desktop. You won't even notice it is running, apart from notifications. Moreover, Powerdevil checks your system capabilities first, so you'll see only options available for your system in this module. You can also have a better glance at them through the Capabilities page.
Note that PowerDevil does not poll your system. This means that it will not waste energy while trying to save it, as some other power managers do.
Here you can configure some general options for the module.
When this box is checked, every time the PC gets suspended, the screen will be locked when resuming.
If checked, PowerDevil will handle Screen powersaving through DPMS. If you want to have different timeouts for your screen powersaving features when your profile changes, you probably want to have this enabled. Otherwise, you can have constants timeouts in the Display module
If checked, you will be notified through a passive popup whenever PowerDevil has to notify something, such as screen locking or profile change.
If checked, you will be notified through a passive popup whenever PowerDevil triggers a warning, such as low battery level or AC adaptor plugging/unplugging. It is strongly advised to leave this checked.
If you want a deeper control over your notifications, you can refine them by clicking this button
If this box is checked, when a suspend action gets automatically triggered (for example, when the system is idle for a long time or the lid gets closed) it will not be performed immediately, but it will be delayed of the amount of seconds you will specify in the spin box. A notification will be displayed, and if clicked, the action will be canceled. This option is useful if you want to have the possibility to avoid automatic suspension.
In this section you have to assign your profiles to the specified situations. You can edit and create new profiles in Edit Profiles section. Everytime one of that events will be triggered, the chosen profile will be activated.
Here you can set the percentage after which the battery will be considered low.
Here you can set the percentage after which the battery will be considered at warning level.
Here you can set the percentage after which the battery will be considered at critical level.
Defines the action that will be done when battery reaches the critical level.
In this section you can edit, create and delete PowerDevil profiles. The list on the left shows you all currently available profiles. Select the one you want to edit, and tweak it with the options you see on the right, described hereafter. You can create or delete an existing profile thanks to the buttons you see at the bottom of the list, or you can even import profiles from a file, or export your existing ones to a file.
There are a lot of options you can configure for each profile, splitted in 3 main sections.
KWin compositing will be disabled, if active. It will be re-enabled when a profile that does not have this option gets loaded
If checked, the display will be progressively dimmed, until reaching brightness 0, in the amount of time you specify in the spin box.
After the time you will specify in the spinbox, the action you select in the combobox will be performed. Simply choose "Do nothing" if you want to disable it.
Defines the action that will be done when the laptop lid gets closed.
Defines the action that will be done when the power button gets pressed.
Defines the action that will be done when the sleep button gets pressed.
Sets the screen's brightness
Here you can define power saving for your monitor. This section needs DPMS support available, you can check if your system supports them in the Capabilities page
The check box defines if DPMS support should be enabled or disabled. If you choose to activate it, set the timeouts in the spin boxes below. You can also prevent the monitor entering a certain status by unchecking the corresponding box.
Here you can define preferences for CPU management and system settings
You'll see a list of available CPUs here. If one of these check boxes is enabled, it means that that CPU supports being turned off. Check the CPUs you don't want to be enabled.
Here you can set which CPU governor will be used. Ondemand is advised for general use.
This defines the powersaving scheme the system will use.
You can specify a script to be run upon profile loading here.
In this section you can have a look at your system's capabilities. If the Status is ok, your configuration works correctly and PowerDevil is running with every best option available. If some issues are found, you will be displayed a warning, with a possible solution.
PowerDevil is usually able to solve the issue by itself. In most cases what you need to do is clicking the suggested button, though sometimes issues are the result of compiling the application without support for a specific component. In that case, PowerDevil will not provide a solution but will just notify you about the problem.
