PowerTOP service is in inactive mode

lazy-nerd

Can't figure out what's wrong with this service.

Installed the powertop
powertop --calibrate
Created a service in /etc/systemd/powertop.service
systemctl enable powertop.service
reboot
And got the status inactive with systemctl status powertop

All the tunings that I applied earlier seamed to be misapplied after restart. What am I doing wrong?
Solution with a dumb terminal didn't work for me
`/etc/systemd/system/powertop.service

[Unit]
Description=Powertop tunings

[Service]
Type=exec
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/powertop --auto-tune
RemainAfterExit=true

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target`

fks@thinkmad ~ $ systemctl status powertop.service
● powertop.service - Powertop tunings
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/powertop.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Mon 2020-03-23 21:28:49 CET; 22min left
Process: 653 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/powertop --auto-tune (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 653 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is incomplete or unavailable

kyrios

Could you run the following command sudo powertop --auto-tune in a terminal and paste the output ?

lazy-nerd

fks@thinkmad ~ $ sudo powertop --auto-tune
modprobe cpufreq_stats failedLoaded 220 prior measurements
RAPL device for cpu 0
RAPL Using PowerCap Sysfs : Domain Mask f
RAPL device for cpu 0
RAPL Using PowerCap Sysfs : Domain Mask f
Devfreq not enabled
glob returned GLOB_ABORTED
To show power estimates do 47 measurement(s) connected to battery only
the port is sda
the port is sdb
Leaving PowerTOP

lazy-nerd

Somehow after a few daemon reloads it ran:

fks@thinkmad ~ $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Password:
fks@thinkmad ~ $ sudo systemctl start powertop.service
fks@thinkmad ~ $ sudo systemctl status powertop.service
● powertop.service - Powertop tunings
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/powertop.service; enabled; vendor >
Active: inactive (dead) since Tue 2020-03-24 11:48:33 CET; 48s ago
Process: 2316 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/powertop --auto-tune (code=exited, status>
Main PID: 2316 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Mar 24 11:48:28 thinkmad powertop[2316]: RAPL Using PowerCap Sysfs : Domain Mas>
Mar 24 11:48:28 thinkmad powertop[2316]: RAPL device for cpu 0
Mar 24 11:48:28 thinkmad powertop[2316]: RAPL Using PowerCap Sysfs : Domain Mas>
Mar 24 11:48:28 thinkmad powertop[2316]: Devfreq not enabled
Mar 24 11:48:28 thinkmad powertop[2316]: glob returned GLOB_ABORTED
Mar 24 11:48:31 thinkmad powertop[2316]: Leaving PowerTOP
Mar 24 11:48:33 thinkmad powertop[2316]: the port is sda
Mar 24 11:48:33 thinkmad powertop[2316]: the port is sdb
Mar 24 11:48:33 thinkmad systemd[1]: powertop.service: Succeeded.
Mar 24 11:48:33 thinkmad systemd[1]: Started Powertop tunings.

lazy-nerd

Finally, I made it working! PowerTOP (in my case) couldn't run without non-dump terminal (gnome-terminal).

Solution:
https://gist.github.com/tazjin/8889035

One last thing - the path should be /usr/sbin/powertop

kyrios

I don't think it needs a terminal.
If you read the message you pasted, you'll see there was not enough measurement. YOu just needed to let it run a few more cycle on battery to collect more stats.

Also the package already provides a service, so you didn't need to create your own service unless you want to customize it your own way of course.

But glad your problem is solved. 👍️