I installed a new kernel 4.20 on Gnome-shell and the power consumption was almost same/high. Then, I removed the kernel and switched back to 4.18 that comes with 18.10 base and installed unity-session and I noticed a sudden decrease in power consumption. I don't know, if the problem is Gnome-shell but this is what seems by switching to unity.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795342 Title: High Power Consumption Status in The Ubuntu Power Consumption Project: Incomplete Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hi, I am running Ubuntu on Thinkpad. I am facing battery back up issues on both 18.04 and 18.10 versions. Before that I was running Ubuntu 16.04 with a normal back of almost 4 hours ( 2 Sony Batteries with normal back up of up to min of 6 hours on Linux Mint 19) and when upgrading to 18.04 it reduced to 3 hours max on normal usage and less than 2 hours on heavy use. I tried installing Unity session on 18.04/10, the back up increased. I think it is Gnome doing the mess. --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DisplayManager: gdm3 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-02 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3) Package: gnome-shell 3.30.1-2ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-11.12-generic 4.18.12 Tags: cosmic Uname: Linux 4.18.0-11-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-consumption/+bug/1795342/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
