Currently re-writing most of the build process with nix, breaking changes will be on the menu.

Linux Conservation Mode for Lenovo laptops

A tray application that shows the status of conservation mode and helps you enable it or disable it!

This project is a fork from my previous one re-written in Go instead of Python. It is way smaller (executable file is 90% smaller and in ram ~40% smaller)

Works for

• Lenovo Legion 5 ( code : VPC2004:00 )

Many more laptops can be adapted with the right path in the conservationmode file

Install with script

Copy the install.sh file of this repo. Same as the manual install, it doesn't add a .desktop and doesn't auto-start.

Manual Installation

Make sure you have libayatana-appindicator3

1. Download latest release

2. Extract to /opt/conservation_mode

3. Move conservationmode to /usr/local/bin

4. Add permissions to access the file to the visudo

   1. sudo visudo

   2. Add to the end (replace wheel with sudo if on Debian) issue:

      %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/tee /sys/bus/platform/drivers/ideapad_acpi/VPC2004\:00/conservation_mode
      

5. Run TrayConservationMode

6. Optional : Add to startup applications and make a .desktop

DEPRECATED SINCE 1.1 - If you have a problem with a appindicator dependancy and using the Legacy version, make sure you install the correct package as found in this issue

.desktop Entry template file (replace %USER% with yours)

[Desktop Entry]
Comment=
Exec=/opt/conservation_mode/TrayConservationMode
GenericName=Tray conservation mode manager for Lenovo laptops\s
Icon=/opt/conservation_mode/assets/iconOn.ico
Name=Tray Conservation Mode
NoDisplay=false
Terminal=false
Type=Application