From d75f0d9ce4865d900a719ab40a751c9248de8896 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Rowe Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2023 16:18:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] faq.md: add info about tlp-stat --- site/faq.md | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/site/faq.md b/site/faq.md index 03277a4..6a8e2e0 100644 --- a/site/faq.md +++ b/site/faq.md @@ -712,9 +712,8 @@ Inability to modprobe thinkpad\_acpi on Haswell =============================================== This was reported by a user, running Debian 11 with -kernel `5.19.0-0.deb11.2-amd64`. This may not be a problem on all Libreboot -versions. The `thinkpad_acpi` module was not loading, with the following -message in `dmesg`: +kernel `5.19.0-0.deb11.2-amd64`. The `thinkpad_acpi` module was not loading, +with the following message: ``` modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'thinkpad_acpi': "No such device" @@ -729,10 +728,31 @@ Add this line to `/etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad_acpi.conf`: options thinkpad_acpi force_load=1 ``` -TODO: test on latest lbmk revisions, after the update to coreboot revisions -from February 2023 for Haswell boards. This issue was reported on Libreboot -20221214, which was based on a much older revision of coreboot for those -mainboards. +tlp +--- + +You can install the `tlp` package and start that service. For example, on +Debian: + +``` +apt-get install tlp tlp-rdw +systemctl enable tlp +systemctl start tlp +``` + +Now read the manual: + +``` +man tlp-stat +``` + +As root, you can do: + +``` +tlp-stat -b +``` + +This will provide information about the battery. What other firmware exists outside of libreboot? ==================================================