When I put my computer in sleep mode and unplug it, the battery completely drains in a few hours, faster than if I were actively using it. Is there an option for either hibernation in lieu of sleep or a way to troubleshoot this?
My battery health is 100%, this doesn’t happen on my windows or fedora partition, and my laptop is about 2 days old, so I don’t think this is a hardware issue.
Thanks!
Sleep keeps everything in RAM (needs constant current) while hibernation is saving it all to disk (like a shut down).
So yes, there is a difference.
However, getting hibernation to work can (not always, sometimes it “just works”) be tricky, especially on arch derivative distros.
I know how the processes work, I’m trying to find a solution. I shouldn’t have a dead battery from 80% in under 3 hours, even if I’m actively using the machine.
No, you shouldn’t, but I don’t appreciate the attitude so I wish you good luck finding a solution.
I gave the answer I found possible for the tiny amount of info you gave.
No attitude was intended, I’m not sure how that came off as attitude. Sorry.
It must be a perception thing @tefer1blu , I don t see anything wrong from your part in there .
This seems weird, but did you actually time the difference compared to fedora? If what you say is true and the screen is actually turned off not just black with some backlight, then it should get at least as hot as during normal use, that might mean that your laptop is not sleeping. You could try to connect with ssh after you put it to sleep, if it connects it means that it’s not sleeping.
I had issues with sleep not stopping the system properly when a virtual machine was running. I have only used sleep when it suspended automatically on battery.
Do you often use the laptop from battery? That will deteriorate your battery pretty fast. If battery usage is absolutely necessary, on linux you usually have to manually configure battery conservation features of the laptop if they’re even available, so you battery doesn’t degrade faster than it should.
If it’s a new laptop I don’t see why would one use sleep or hibernation, since booting shouldn’t take more than 5 seconds. It would do a lot for your battery longevity.
You should keep your laptop plugged in as much as possible even during sleep, even with windows.