Overlay for installing TLP on Gentoo/Funtoo/... systems.
The following commands ($ <command...>
) should be run as root.
It is assumed that your package manager is sys-apps/portage
.
Add the
tlp-portage
repositoryOption A: manage repo using eselect-repository
Install eselect-repository and git:
$ emerge -a --no-replace app-eselect/eselect-repository dev-vcs/git
See also eselect/repository - Gentoo Wiki.
If it doesn't already exist, create the
repos.conf
directory as configured by theREPOS_CONF
variable in/etc/eselect/repository.conf
:$ mkdir -p /etc/portage/repos.conf
Add the tlp-portage overlay with eselect-repository:
$ eselect repository add tlp git https://github.com/dywisor/tlp-portage
Download the repo:
$ emerge --sync tlp
OR Option B: manage repo with layman
Install layman
Enable the git USE flag for layman:
$ mkdir /etc/portage/package.use $ echo "app-portage/layman git" >> /etc/portage/package.use/layman
Install layman:
$ emerge -a --noreplace ">=app-portage/layman-2"
See also Layman - Gentoo Wiki.
layman versions prior to
2.1.0
: make sure that/etc/portage/make.conf
has the following line:source /var/lib/layman/make.conf
If you've just installed layman, simply run:
$ echo "source /var/lib/layman/make.conf" >> /etc/portage/make.conf
Add the tlp-portage overlay with layman:
$ wget "https://raw.github.com/dywisor/tlp-portage/maint/layman.xml" -O /etc/layman/overlays/tlp.xml $ layman -f -a tlp
stable arch only (amd64, x86): unmask TLP:
$ mkdir /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords $ echo "app-laptop/tlp" > /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/tlp
unmask sys-power/linux-x86-power-tools or sys-apps/linux-misc-apps:
$ echo "sys-power/linux-x86-power-tools" >> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/tlp
(optional) install/build kernel modules
This is required for ThinkPad advanced battery functions.
Thinkpads up to the Sandy Bridge generation (T420, X220 et al.):
$ emerge -a app-laptop/tp_smapi
Thinkpads beginning with the Sandy Bridge Generation (T420, X220 et al.):
$ emerge -a sys-power/acpi_call
(optional) choose USE flags, for example:
$ echo "app-laptop/tlp tlp-suggests" > /etc/portage/package.use/tlp
See USE flags below for a full listing.
Install TLP:
$ emerge -a app-laptop/tlp
Edit TLP's configuration file /etc/tlp.conf
In contrast to other distributions, you have to enable TLP explicitly by setting
TLP_ENABLE=1
.See the upstream documentation for details.
Note
Beginning with TLP 1.3, the configuration file format and handling has changed, users upgrading from TLP 1.2 should review their configuration.
Enable the TLP service
OpenRC:
$ rc-update add tlp default
systemd:
$ systemctl enable tlp.service
systemd-rfkill
should be masked as it conflicts withRESTORE_DEVICE_STATE_ON_STARTUP
/DEVICES_TO_{EN,DIS}ABLE_ON_STARTUP
:$ systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.socket systemd-rfkill.service
Users of systemd prior to v227 need to mask
systemd-rfkill@
instead:$ systemctl mask systemd-rfkill@.service
power-profiles-daemon
must be masked as it conflicts with TLP as a whole:$ systemctl mask power-profiles-daemon.service
Reboot your system to apply the new settings (alternatively, you could reload the udev rules and start TLP)
You might want to run
tlp-stat
to see if everything is OK so far
flag | recommended | default | description |
---|---|---|---|
tlp-suggests | yes | yes | install all optional dependencies |
rdw | - | no | install TLP's radio device wizard |
bluetooth | - | no | install optional bluetooth dependencies (bluez) |
tpacpi-bundled | yes | yes | use the bundled version of tpacpi-bat Deselecting this flag disqualifies you from getting support upstream |
The following kernel options should be set to y:
- CONFIG_PM
- CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME (Linux < 3.19 only)
- CONFIG_DMIID
- CONFIG_POWER_SUPPLY
- CONFIG_ACPI_AC
- CONFIG_SENSORS_CORETEMP
- CONFIG_X86_MSR