---
name: "powertweakd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "powertweakd"
version: "0.99.5-20"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/powertweakd"
---

# powertweakd(8)

Powertweak daemon

## NAME

powertweakd - Powertweak daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**powertweakd** \[*--config-file* file*\]* \[*--no-daemon*\] \[*--no-info*\] \[*--profile-dir* dir*\]*

## DESCRIPTION

The **powertweakd** daemon applies configuration tweaks to the system.  It is primarily intended to be controlled using the **powertweak** or  **gpowertweak** programs.

## OPTIONS

- **-c, --config-file**

  Specify the file to read settings from.

- **--no-daemon**

  Run in the foreground rather than as a daemon.

- **--no-info**

  Do not use information-only tweaks.

- **-p, --profile-dir**

  Specify the directory in which profile information can be found

- **--version**

  Show the version of program then exit.

## FILES

- **/etc/powertweak/tweaks**

  Default configuration file.  When the set of currently active tweaks is saved they will be stored in this file.  On startup **powertweakd** will parse this file (unless another is specified with the -c or --config-file options) and apply the tweaks defined to the system.

## SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

**powertweakd** can be used to make hardware and kernel level changes to your system configuration.  These changes may adversely affect system performance and may lead to system crashes or data corruption.  Due caution should therefore be exercised when using this program.

## SEE ALSO

[**powertweak**(8)](/powertweak/8.md), **gpowertweak**(8).

## AUTHOR

**powertweakd** was written by Dave Jones \<davej@suse.de\> and others.  This manual page was written by Mark Brown \<broonie@sirena.org.uk\>.