I don't understand the details of the behaviour it seems an issue with power-profiles-daemon. And yes if the profile fails to change the settings should display the error but it's not clear to me if the service fails or if the action doesn't reflect as you expect. The mentioned ticket seems to discuss details on how the profile impacts performance exactly on some lenovo laptops and also suggests there might be firmware issues on some of those machines
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New ** Package changed: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) => power-profiles- daemon (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1977660 Title: Power settings have no effect and offer nonexisting options Status in power-profiles-daemon package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The "power" area of the settings offer three options: powersave, balanced, and performance. As per cpufreq-info "balanced" is not a valid option. Also changing to any of the two really existing options does not change cpu frequency in a visible way. Maybe there is a connection between this and the bug i reported about the matching indicator: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator- cpufreq/+bug/1977659 I *can* actually switch between the values using the studio-controls application. changing values there leads to visible changes in cpufreq-info output and /proc/cpuinfo data shown. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:41.4-1ubuntu13.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-35.36-lowlatency 5.15.35 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-35-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Jun 4 20:36:14 2022 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-12 (782 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-04-28 (36 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/power-profiles-daemon/+bug/1977660/+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