ZorinOS16 is switching off Bluetooth and USB-Ports

Hardware Support
#1

Hello from germany,

I'm using a Thinkpad E595 (Ryzen 5 3500, VEGA, 32GB RAM, NVME) with ZorinOS 16.

When using battery mode at startup, ZOS is switching off Bluetooth and USB Ports after about 60 seconds (USB first, then after another 15 s BT) and doesn't turn it on when switching back to powered mode.. I even can't switch it on manually...

Settings in „ENERGY“ don‘t work, System doesn't remember the settings. BT-Off-Switch is "always on" when starting the system.

And still no USB-Port is working in battery mode after 60 seconds.

Double-checked litteraly all BIOS-Settings, but no chance to get the USB-Ports working...

This didn't happen in Win10 or LinuxMint which i was using before ZOS16. Everything works fine when using powered mode right from the start.

Any suggestions to solve this problem?

Regards Juergen

P.S.: Crosspost from r/zorinos subreddit

#2

Powersave is disabling them.
Try disabling the powersave.

sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf

Change the value to 2:

wifi.powersave = 2

ctrl+x to exit, then the y key to say Yes to save, then the enter key to exit saved configuration.

#3

Sorry for the delayed answer...
Solution didn't work, both devices are still disabled in battery mode and will not come alive when connecting to power.

ifconfig says:
iwconfig wlp4s0 | grep "Power Management"
Power Management:off

regards Juergen

#4

Do you have the following file on your computer?
/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/usb-autosuspend.conf

If you do, let's edit:

sudo nano /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/usb-autosuspend.conf

Set to CONTROL_USB_AUTOSUSPEND="0"

#5

Nope, neither the directory nor the file!
I just installed ZorinOS 16 LITE on a very old HP ProBok Laptop. Same here: no directory/file.
BUT: USB/BT are still working in battery mode on HP. The behaviour ist as I expectet: start in whatever mode you want, USB and BT aren't switch off by the OS.

#6

If this is the case, I wonder if gnome-power-manager is cutting off the services...
Under Gnome-control-center > Power > Power saving - is this set to "never"?

#7

I'll try to translate my german settings into english...
Attached you will find a screenhot of my ZOS Core-settings (these re the only settings I found....)

Both, WLAN and BT-Settings are switched off. Description says: WALN/BT can be switched off to save power.
IMHO it CAN be switched off for power saving purposes, it is not a MUST.
I toggled both switches to off --> System is going into airplane mode. This ist not my suggested behavour. I like to keep both network-devices always on whether in powered or battery mode.

Just installed ZOS16 Core on my old HP ProBook, just to ensure, that it's not a "feature" of my Thinkpad. Same behaviour as described above.

IMO this is a bug. When a toggle switch is "off", the behavour should be e.g. "WLAN ist not switched off" to save power. Vice versea: if Toggle switch is "on", system can switch off power of the device if needed.
It makes no sense to switch to airplane mode when both switches are off.

Maybe I have a wrong understanding of the switches....

Regards Juergen

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#8

No ideas???

#9

Gnomes Airplane mode has always been a major headache:

Video: