System becomes extremely slow, unresponsive and sluggish performance at low battery

Hi. This is a problem I have since I installed Manjaro (October last year), but I have since ignored it. When my battery reaches 20%, the system slows down horribly making it almost impossible to do anything (write, switch applications, minimize a window …) The screen timeout is almost instantaneous. As soon as I connect the charger it returns to normal, like nothing.

On the one hand, it hadn’t bothered me particularly, because it forces me not to wait for the battery level to reach critical levels. But it is somewhat annoying.

When I arrived in Manjaro (October last year), there were some strange bugs that disabled trim, tlp and other important system components, so I ran in the terminal:

systemctl enable tlp --now

Perhaps I have duplicated this process since then, or is it unlikely? Or maybe the power manager settings are too aggressive? I’m a newbie and I’m afraid of hurting my system by changing values.

Lenovo Yoga 530
GNOME 40
AMD Ryzen 3
Kernel 5.13
Wayland Session

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Pleas look into Power Management !

System:
  Kernel: 5.13.13-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64 
  root=UUID=69af527d-a0be-49bc-9529-2b857044c8b5 rw quiet splash apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=162c35f6-94b7-4858-87df-4243a53b4310 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: GNOME 40.4 tk: GTK 3.24.30 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 40.1 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Convertible System: LENOVO product: 81H9 v: Lenovo YOGA 530-14ARR 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 31 v: Lenovo YOGA 530-14ARR serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40679 WIN serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: LENOVO v: 8MCN58WW date: 03/26/2020 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 36.9 Wh (98.7%) condition: 37.4/45.5 Wh (82.1%) 
  volts: 8.3 min: 7.7 model: CPT-COS L17C4PB0 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> 
  status: Discharging 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 3.39 GiB used: 1.7 GiB (50.2%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: AMD Ryzen 3 2200U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 
  bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen family: 17 (23) model-id: 11 (17) 
  stepping: 0 microcode: 810100B cache: L2: 1024 KiB bogomips: 19969 
  Speed: 1367 MHz min/max: 1600/2500 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 1367 2: 1369 3: 1546 4: 1445 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1 
  bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid 
  cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid 
  fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mca 
  mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl 
  npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb 
  perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 
  rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca sme 
  smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock syscall tce 
  topoext tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt 
  xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: 
  disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Raven Ridge [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] 
  vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15dd 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-2:2 
  chip-ID: 04f2:b61e class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Display: wayland server: X.org 1.20.13 compositor: gnome-shell driver: 
  loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: 0 
  resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo> 
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD RAVEN (DRM 3.41.0 5.13.13-1-MANJARO LLVM 12.0.1) 
  v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.13-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.34 running: no 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Lenovo driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce port: 2000 
  bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
  bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0bda:c024 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter> 
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: enabled,running 
  rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 21.94 GiB (18.4%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM128GDHTNG-8310A 
  size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s 
  lanes: 2 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 80070C00 temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 111.34 GiB size: 109.03 GiB (97.93%) 
  used: 21.94 GiB (20.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 
  label: N/A uuid: 69af527d-a0be-49bc-9529-2b857044c8b5 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 
  label: NO_LABEL uuid: F135-6699 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.61 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A 
  uuid: 162c35f6-94b7-4858-87df-4243a53b4310 
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found. 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-1:2 
  info: SHARKOON 2.4GHz Wireless rechargeable vertical mouse [More&Better] 
  type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 1ea7:0064 class-ID: 0301 
  Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: Bluetooth driver: btusb 
  interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:c024 
  class-ID: e001 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 3-2:2 info: Chicony Integrated Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo 
  interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b61e 
  class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 42.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 240 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 3 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: 1301 pacman: 1296 lib: 313 flatpak: 5 
  Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.06

I am on GNOME. When I go to settings I only see basic controls like screen brightness and other basics. Where could I check/change those power settings?

I can’t hep you with this. I am on XFCE. There it is in “Settings”. :man_shrugging:
Tip: change the Title of this Thread to “How can i change Power-Management in Gnome” an you will get help :sunglasses: