Tlp not starting at boot

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So I installed tlp as per the wiki instructions Power Management - Manjaro and enabled tlp (systemctl enable tlp --now).

But it will not start automatically at boot. It needs to be started manually every time. What gives?

$ sudo systemctl status tlp                                       

○ tlp.service - TLP system startup/shutdown
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/tlp.service; enabled; vendor prese>
     Active: inactive (dead)
       Docs: https://linrunner.de/tlp
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Maybe this might work?

sudo systemctl enable --now tlp.service
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TLP is installed and enabled in most editions by default.

I guess we could maybe do with some other explanations, like logs, or if you installed or configured anything related like other power management?

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Thanks but it didn’t. Same result.

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But tlp is there, right?

which tlp
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I’m running gnome. I didn’t install anything extra (other than what I already have under Settings → Power). I’m new to Manjaro and linux in general. If you could guide me where to look and what to look I can dig and post back.

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Yes.

$ which tlp                                                       
/usr/bin/tlp

And, if I start manually using sudo systemctl start tlp it does without any issues but having to do it manually every time is a PITA.

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Maybe something like

systemctl | grep power
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Here is what I got:

$ systemctl | grep power  
                                 
  power-profiles-daemon.service                                                                                   loaded active running   Power Profiles daemon

  upower.service                                                                                                  loaded active running   Daemon for power management
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This conflicts with TLP.
You must choose one.

(or hacky workaround is to edit the service unit files and change that conflict … but … probably dont)

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Thanks.

With tlp the battery life literally doubled from 4 hours to 8.5 hrs. So, I tried sudo systemctl disable power-profiles-daemon.service and then enabled tlp. Still no luck. After reboot I found power-profiles-daemon running and tlp not running.

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You’ll need to stop it and mask it as well:

systemctl disable --now power-profiles-daemon
systemctl mask power-profiles-daemon
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Thank you. That took care of it. Battery life back to as good as it used be :slight_smile:

Hope replacing power-profile-daemon with tlp is safe?

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Yes, of course. I did it and nothing exploded. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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