Power ManagementTable of Contents
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.
Note
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.
This page has three tabs with predefined settings for On AC Power, On Battery and On Low Battery profiles.
There are a lot of options you can configure for each profile:
- Display Brightness
Sets the screen's brightness using a slider.
- Dim Display
If checked, the display will be progressively dimmed, until reaching brightness 0, in the amount of time you specify in the spin box.
- Screen Energy Saving
Here you can define power saving for your monitor. 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.
- Suspend Session
Suspends the session after the selected time to the status Sleep, Hibernate, Shutdown or Lock screen.
- Button events handling
Select actions to perform whenever the laptop lid is closed or a button is pressed.
- Run Script
Activate this option to run a custom script when a profile is loaded, unloaded or after a given amount of time.
- Battery is at low level at
Here you can set the percentage after which the battery will be considered low.
- Battery is at critical level at
Here you can set the percentage after which the battery will be considered at critical level.
- When battery is at critical level
Defines the action that will be done when battery reaches the critical level.
- Lock screen on resume
When this box is checked, every time the PC gets suspended, the screen will be locked when resuming.
If you want a deeper control over your notifications, you can refine them by clicking this button