Post installation steps: # Give execute permission to rc.tlp chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.tlp # Start the tlp service /etc/rc.d/rc.tlp start # Restart acpid /etc/rc.d/rc.acpid restart # Configure tlp to be run at startup add "/etc/rc.d/rc.tlp start" (without quotes) to /etc/rc.d/rc.local After removal of this package you would need to revert the above changes. Please make sure that you stopped the TLP service before removing TLP. If you have enabled any hooks in /usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/ (they are disabled by default), then the instructions given in the TLP developer documentation can be followed. http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-developer-documentation.html#installscripts