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Increased power draw in laptops with hybrid nvidia graphics after wakeup from suspension. #248

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DuttaAB-dev opened this issue May 6, 2021 · 3 comments

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Distribution (run cat /etc/os-release):
NAME="Pop!_OS"
VERSION="21.04"
ID=pop
ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian"
PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 21.04"
VERSION_ID="21.04"
HOME_URL="https://pop.system76.com"
SUPPORT_URL="https://support.system76.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy"
VERSION_CODENAME=hirsute
UBUNTU_CODENAME=hirsute
LOGO=distributor-logo-pop-os

neofetch:

Related Application and/or Package Version (run apt policy $PACKAGE NAME):

system76-power:
Installed: 1.1.16162008047921.04b74bcb7
Candidate: 1.1.16
162008047921.04b74bcb7
Version table:
*** 1.1.16162008047921.04~b74bcb7 1001
1001 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76/pop/ubuntu hirsute/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Issue/Bug Description:
The laptop runs normally after booting, consumes only 4-6W of power under normal usage(integrated graphics, battery life mode) and continues so even after using it for hours. But after waking it up from sleep, power draw increases to 10-15W even in idle. Also CPU usage increases dramatically.
This remains until the device is rebooted. And it seems that the reason behind this is that the nvidia gpu gets enabled after waking the system up.

Before suspending the laptop-

neofetch:

After waking up from suspension:-

neofetch:


[Note the added nvidia gpu in the system info.]

Steps to reproduce :
Set the laptop to sleep/turn the lid off and then wake again.

Expected behavior:
Normal power usage(4-6W)

Other notes
I had opened a similar issue in the pop-os repo last year #1156

@bflanagin
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@DuttaAB-dev , what are your current power settings so I can try to replicate the issue.

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DuttaAB-dev commented May 7, 2021

Battery saver from the power menu. And also if it isn't obvious, the test has been performed in integrated graphics mode.

@DuttaAB-dev DuttaAB-dev changed the title Increased power draw in laptops after wakeup from suspension. Increased power draw in laptops with hybrid nvidia graphics after wakeup from suspension. May 10, 2021
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@DuttaAB-dev , what are your current power settings so I can try to replicate the issue.

Were you able to replicate this issue?

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