restarted service many time trying various changes to tlp.conf (many reboots too)
tlpui allows me to select different CPU_HWP_ON_BAT values but the “changes” window remains blank and there is no effect. As I said, I can manually change these
values in sys/devices …
EDIT: I just watched the value of sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/energy_performance_preference get over written when I restart tlp with
balance_power even though I had manually set it to performance and even
though both ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_BAT=performance and
CPU_HWP_ON_BAT=performance in tlp.conf.
My thinkpad seems to be possessed (what setting am I
missing here?)
Sorry to reply to myself - but in case it’s helpful:
Erasing tlp.conf and reinstalling tlp fixed things. I guess
I had an old tlp.conf that did not get changed when tlp
was updated at some time. The new default tlp.conf has
some changes and - bottom line - I can now control the
cpu policies again with tlp.