FEATURE REQUEST: Add AC / DC power profile switching

[TAGE7]

Hi,

Is it possible to add AC/DC profile switching to the app? I know in other comments you had mentioned not wanting to replicated supergfxctl features but if there was a way to automate a changing of both cpu/gpu modes for AC/DC profiles when plugged / unplugged that would be great!

thanks for the great work! you have made my laptop Stealth-16-Studio-A13VX finally usable in linux!

[mutchiko]

@TAGE7 it's still early to talk about it, but here:

This setting should apply on each charger connection/disconnection, so you can select other modes and it wont change until the charger status changes (un/plugged)

[TAGE7]

this is awesome!! looking forward to this being available. apologies for not seeing this earlier.

[mutchiko]

@TAGE7 can you share the output of
upower -e

[MasonT8198]

@TAGE7 can you share the output of upower -e

I'm not OP but

[mutchiko]

i need you to do the following:

1. connect the charger

2. run

dbus-monitor --system "interface='org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties',member='PropertiesChanged',path='/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice'"

3. disconnect the charger

4. reconnect the charger again

5. copy and paste the output here (not screenshot)

[MasonT8198]

           .-------------------------:                    masonaterr@gf63-10sc
          .+=========================.                    --------------------
         :++===++==================-       :++-           OS: CachyOS x86_64
        :*++====+++++=============-        .==:           Host: GF63 Thin 10SC (REV:1.0)
       -*+++=====+***++==========:                        Kernel: Linux 6.18.5-2-cachyos
      =*++++========------------:                         Uptime: 7 mins
     =*+++++=====-                     ...                Packages: 1617 (pacman), 45 (flatpak)
   .+*+++++=-===:                    .=+++=:              Shell: fish 4.3.3
  :++++=====-==:                     -*****+              Display (CMN15E7): 1920x1080 in 16", 60 Hz [Built-i]
 :++========-=.                      .=+**+.              DE: KDE Plasma 6.5.5
.+==========-.                          .                 WM: KWin (Wayland)
 :+++++++====-                                .--==-.     WM Theme: Breeze
  :++==========.                             :+++++++:    Theme: Breeze (CachyOSNordLightly) [Qt], Breeze-Dar]
   .-===========.                            =*****+*+    Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [GTK2/3/4]
    .-===========:                           .+*****+:    Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK2]
      -=======++++:::::::::::::::::::::::::-:  .---:      Cursor: breeze (24px)
       :======++++====+++******************=.             Terminal: konsole 25.12.1
        :=====+++==========++++++++++++++*-               CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10500H (12) @ 4.50 GHz
         .====++==============++++++++++*-                GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q [Disc]
          .===+==================+++++++:                 GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics @ 1.05 GHz [Integrated]
           .-=======================+++:                  Memory: 3.28 GiB / 15.38 GiB (21%)
             ..........................                   Swap: 0 B / 15.38 GiB (0%)
                                                          Disk (/): 136.41 GiB / 411.46 GiB (33%) - btrfs
                                                          Local IP (wlan0): 10.98.9.208/19
                                                          Battery (BIF0_9): 63% [Charging, AC Connected]
                                                          Locale: en_US.UTF-8

                                                                                  
                                                                                  
~
❯ dbus-monitor --system "interface='org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties',member='PropertiesChanged',path='/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice'"
dbus-monitor: unable to enable new-style monitoring: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: "Sender is not authorized to send message". Falling back to eavesdropping.
signal time=1768415415.958909 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.100 serial=4294967295 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameAcquired
   string ":1.100"
signal time=1768415428.458234 sender=:1.43 -> destination=(null destination) serial=100 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "IconName"
         variant             string "battery-full-symbolic"
      )
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1768415428
      )
      dict entry(
         string "TimeToFull"
         variant             int64 0
      )
      dict entry(
         string "EnergyRate"
         variant             double 0
      )
      dict entry(
         string "Energy"
         variant             double 28.671
      )
      dict entry(
         string "State"
         variant             uint32 2
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]
signal time=1768415429.576612 sender=:1.43 -> destination=(null destination) serial=103 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1768415429
      )
      dict entry(
         string "Energy"
         variant             double 28.6824
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]
signal time=1768415432.928671 sender=:1.43 -> destination=(null destination) serial=107 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1768415432
      )
      dict entry(
         string "Energy"
         variant             double 28.671
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]
signal time=1768415434.049858 sender=:1.43 -> destination=(null destination) serial=109 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1768415434
      )
      dict entry(
         string "Energy"
         variant             double 28.6596
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]
signal time=1768415439.182158 sender=:1.43 -> destination=(null destination) serial=111 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1768415439
      )
      dict entry(
         string "TimeToEmpty"
         variant             int64 5035
      )
      dict entry(
         string "EnergyRate"
         variant             double 20.4744
      )
      dict entry(
         string "Energy"
         variant             double 28.6368
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]
signal time=1768415443.298070 sender=:1.43 -> destination=(null destination) serial=114 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "IconName"
         variant             string "battery-full-charging-symbolic"
      )
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1768415443
      )
      dict entry(
         string "TimeToEmpty"
         variant             int64 0
      )
      dict entry(
         string "EnergyRate"
         variant             double 0
      )
      dict entry(
         string "Energy"
         variant             double 28.6254
      )
      dict entry(
         string "State"
         variant             uint32 5
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]
signal time=1768415444.407923 sender=:1.43 -> destination=(null destination) serial=117 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1768415444
      )
      dict entry(
         string "Energy"
         variant             double 28.614
      )
      dict entry(
         string "State"
         variant             uint32 1
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]
signal time=1768415447.745806 sender=:1.43 -> destination=(null destination) serial=121 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1768415447
      )
      dict entry(
         string "Energy"
         variant             double 28.6254
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]
signal time=1768415448.864347 sender=:1.43 -> destination=(null destination) serial=123 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1768415448
      )
      dict entry(
         string "Energy"
         variant             double 28.6368
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]
signal time=1768415453.984427 sender=:1.43 -> destination=(null destination) serial=125 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1768415453
      )
      dict entry(
         string "TimeToFull"
         variant             int64 2540
      )
      dict entry(
         string "EnergyRate"
         variant             double 24.0084
      )
      dict entry(
         string "Energy"
         variant             double 28.671
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]

[defaultUser822]

Hello. I don't want to be annoying, but what is the progress on this so far?

[mutchiko]

@MasonT8198 im currently testing the feature, it works even if the charger state changes during sleep. only thing left is to find a good way to save the user preference for each state.

UI changed a bit but stays very similar to the one i posted earlier.

[mutchiko]

@MasonT8198 can you do the as mentioned in #249 (comment) ? only if you don't use arch linux

[defaultUser822]

@MasonT8198 im currently testing the feature, it works even if the charger state changes during sleep. only thing left is to find a good way to save the user preference for each state.

UI changed a bit but stays very similar to the one i posted earlier.

I believe you made a wrong mention, but thanks for the quick response. Looking forward to this feature.

[defaultUser822]

$ dbus-monitor --system "interface='org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties',member='PropertiesChanged',path='/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice'"

dbus-monitor: unable to enable new-style monitoring: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: "Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.559" (uid=1000 pid=309515 comm="dbus-monitor --system interface='org.freedesktop.D" label="unconfined") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Monitoring" member="BecomeMonitor" error name="(unset)" requested_reply="0" destination="org.freedesktop.DBus" (bus)". Falling back to eavesdropping.
signal time=1772109056.921937 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.559 serial=2 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameAcquired
   string ":1.559"
signal time=1772109067.489997 sender=:1.21 -> destination=(null destination) serial=1216 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "IconName"
         variant             string "battery-full-symbolic"
      )
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1772109067
      )
      dict entry(
         string "State"
         variant             uint32 2
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]
signal time=1772109071.895835 sender=:1.21 -> destination=(null destination) serial=1222 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1772109071
      )
      dict entry(
         string "Energy"
         variant             double 41.268
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]
signal time=1772109078.105023 sender=:1.21 -> destination=(null destination) serial=1225 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1772109078
      )
      dict entry(
         string "TimeToEmpty"
         variant             int64 5834
      )
      dict entry(
         string "EnergyRate"
         variant             double 25.4334
      )
      dict entry(
         string "Energy"
         variant             double 41.2224
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]
signal time=1772109098.344728 sender=:1.21 -> destination=(null destination) serial=1228 path=/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=PropertiesChanged
   string "org.freedesktop.UPower.Device"
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "IconName"
         variant             string "battery-full-charging-symbolic"
      )
      dict entry(
         string "UpdateTime"
         variant             uint64 1772109098
      )
      dict entry(
         string "TimeToEmpty"
         variant             int64 0
      )
      dict entry(
         string "EnergyRate"
         variant             double 0
      )
      dict entry(
         string "Energy"
         variant             double 41.0742
      )
      dict entry(
         string "State"
         variant             uint32 5
      )
   ]
   array [
   ]

[defaultUser822]

I am on Zorin os 18 (Basically just ubuntu 24.04)

[mutchiko]

@defaultUser822 yes it seems that i tagged another user, and thanks for the output, now i can be sure that the feature will work once it's merged.

Do you know if zorin comes with power profiles daemon by default? usually it shows up as a slider in the system tray that allows you to change performance modes (power save, balanced, performance)?

[defaultUser822]

@mutchiko
You are welcome.

About the power profiles thing, is this what you are talking about?