[Bug 1385611] Re: Laptop charger keeps disconnecting then re-connecting

Ali Devrim OĞUZ alidevrim_50 at hotmail.com
Sun Jan 14 06:25:28 UTC 2018


My problem is similar. I haven't had this issue before. The charger
keeps disconnecting and reconnecting at random intervals when the
battery is full (and makes this annoying clicking noise, the sound of
plugging a socket into a wall). This doesn't happen when the battery is
charging and pc runs perfectly with the battery completely removed. It
also doesn't happen in Windows 10. My system is Ubuntu 17.10 (x64)
kernel: 4.13.0-25-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 8 21:14:41 UTC 2018
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I am pretty much certain that my charger is working correctly.

I'm not sure this problem is also related with the kde-workspace
(Ubuntu) package. My machine runs on Unity 8.

The lshw output of my system(This is while battery removed):

jarvis-acer                 
    description: Notebook
    product: NC-V3-571G-736B1 (NC-V3-571G-736B1_0648_V2.21)
    vendor: Acer
    version: V2.21
    serial: NXM7EEY00230501DA63400
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 smp vsyscall32
    configuration: chassis=notebook family=Type1Family sku=NC-V3-571G-736B1_0648_V2.21 uuid=21484AFD-4E52-11E2-80EF-B888E3B386C1
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: VA50_HC_CR
       vendor: Acer
       physical id: 0
       version: Type2 - Board Version
       serial: NBM7D1100130447CF63400
       slot: Type2 - Board Chassis Location
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Insyde Corp.
          physical id: 0
          version: V2.21
          date: 12/16/2013
          size: 128KiB
          capacity: 3520KiB
          capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int9keyboard int10video acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu at 0
          version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz
          serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
          slot: U3E1
          size: 1197MHz
          capacity: 4GHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 100MHz
          capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cpuid_fault epb pti tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts cpufreq
          configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=8
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: b
             slot: L1 Cache
             size: 32KiB
             capacity: 32KiB
             capabilities: internal write-through instruction
             configuration: level=1
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: c
             slot: L2 Cache
             size: 256KiB
             capacity: 256KiB
             capabilities: internal write-through unified
             configuration: level=2
        *-cache:2
             description: L3 cache
             physical id: d
             slot: L3 Cache
             size: 6MiB
             capacity: 6MiB
             capabilities: internal write-back unified
             configuration: level=3
     *-cache
          description: L1 cache
          physical id: a
          slot: L1 Cache
          size: 32KiB
          capacity: 32KiB
          capabilities: internal write-through data
          configuration: level=1
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 1a
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 16GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
             product: ACR16D3LS1KBG/8G
             vendor: Kingston
             physical id: 0
             serial: 301B2144
             slot: DIMM0
             size: 8GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM [empty]
             product: Empty
             vendor: Empty
             physical id: 1
             serial: Empty
             slot: DIMM1
        *-bank:2
             description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
             product: ACR16D3LS1KBG/8G
             vendor: Kingston
             physical id: 2
             serial: CD2253C8
             slot: DIMM1
             size: 8GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
        *-bank:3
             description: DIMM [empty]
             product: Empty
             vendor: Empty
             physical id: 3
             serial: Empty
             slot: DIMM3
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci at 0000:00:00.0
          version: 09
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=ivb_uncore
          resources: irq:0
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:01.0
             version: 09
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:16 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:b2000000-b2ffffff ioport:a0000000(size=301989888)
           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: GK107M [GeForce GT 730M]
                vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci at 0000:01:00.0
                version: a1
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
                resources: irq:34 memory:b2000000-b2ffffff memory:a0000000-afffffff memory:b0000000-b1ffffff ioport:2000(size=128)
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:02.0
             version: 09
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
             resources: irq:26 memory:b3000000-b33fffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:3000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 14
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:14.0
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:24 memory:b3600000-b360ffff
           *-usbhost:0
                product: xHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 4.13.0-25-generic xhci-hcd
                physical id: 0
                bus info: usb at 3
                logical name: usb3
                version: 4.13
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s
              *-usb:0
                   description: Mouse
                   product: G300s Optical Gaming Mouse
                   vendor: Logitech
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: usb at 3:1
                   version: 70.03
                   capabilities: usb-2.00
                   configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=200mA speed=12Mbit/s
              *-usb:1
                   description: Mouse
                   product: USB Receiver
                   vendor: Logitech
                   physical id: 3
                   bus info: usb at 3:3
                   version: 30.00
                   capabilities: usb-2.00
                   configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA speed=12Mbit/s
           *-usbhost:1
                product: xHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 4.13.0-25-generic xhci-hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb at 4
                logical name: usb4
                version: 4.13
                capabilities: usb-3.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=4 speed=5000Mbit/s
        *-communication
             description: Communication controller
             product: 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 16
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:16.0
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
             resources: irq:28 memory:b3614000-b361400f
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1a.0
             version: 04
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
             resources: irq:16 memory:b3619000-b36193ff
           *-usbhost
                product: EHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 4.13.0-25-generic ehci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb at 1
                logical name: usb1
                version: 4.13
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=480Mbit/s
              *-usb
                   description: USB hub
                   product: Integrated Rate Matching Hub
                   vendor: Intel Corp.
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: usb at 1:1
                   version: 0.00
                   capabilities: usb-2.00
                   configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=480Mbit/s
                 *-usb:0
                      description: Bluetooth wireless interface
                      vendor: Foxconn / Hon Hai
                      physical id: 1
                      bus info: usb at 1:1.1
                      version: 0.02
                      capabilities: bluetooth usb-1.10
                      configuration: driver=btusb maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s
                 *-usb:1
                      description: Video
                      product: HD WebCam
                      vendor: SunplusIT INC.
                      physical id: 3
                      bus info: usb at 1:1.3
                      version: 44.02
                      capabilities: usb-2.00
                      configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1b.0
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:29 memory:b3610000-b3613fff
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1c.0
             version: c4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:17 memory:9fb00000-9fbfffff ioport:b3400000(size=1048576)
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
                vendor: Broadcom Limited
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.0
                logical name: enp2s0f0
                version: 10
                serial: b8:88:e3:b3:86:c1
                capacity: 1Gbit/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.137 firmware=sb latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
                resources: irq:16 memory:b3430000-b343ffff memory:b3440000-b344ffff memory:9fb00000-9fb007ff
           *-generic:0
                description: SD Host controller
                product: BCM57765/57785 SDXC/MMC Card Reader
                vendor: Broadcom Limited
                physical id: 0.1
                bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.1
                version: 10
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=0
                resources: irq:17 memory:b3400000-b340ffff
           *-generic:1 UNCLAIMED
                description: System peripheral
                product: BCM57765/57785 MS Card Reader
                vendor: Broadcom Limited
                physical id: 0.2
                bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.2
                version: 10
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=0
                resources: memory:b3410000-b341ffff
           *-generic:2 UNCLAIMED
                description: System peripheral
                product: BCM57765/57785 xD-Picture Card Reader
                vendor: Broadcom Limited
                physical id: 0.3
                bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.3
                version: 10
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=0
                resources: memory:b3420000-b342ffff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.1
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1c.1
             version: c4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:16 memory:b3500000-b35fffff
           *-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter
                vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci at 0000:03:00.0
                logical name: wlp3s0
                version: 01
                serial: f4:b7:e2:87:77:bf
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=4.13.0-25-generic firmware=N/A ip=172.16.22.61 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
                resources: irq:17 memory:b3500000-b357ffff memory:b3580000-b358ffff
        *-usb:2
             description: USB controller
             product: 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.0
             version: 04
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
             resources: irq:23 memory:b3618000-b36183ff
           *-usbhost
                product: EHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 4.13.0-25-generic ehci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb at 2
                logical name: usb2
                version: 4.13
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=480Mbit/s
              *-usb
                   description: USB hub
                   product: Integrated Rate Matching Hub
                   vendor: Intel Corp.
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: usb at 2:1
                   version: 0.00
                   capabilities: usb-2.00
                   configuration: driver=hub slots=8 speed=480Mbit/s
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.0
             version: 04
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
             resources: irq:0
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.2
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.2
             version: 04
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
             resources: irq:25 ioport:3088(size=8) ioport:3094(size=4) ioport:3080(size=8) ioport:3090(size=4) ioport:3060(size=32) memory:b3617000-b36177ff
        *-serial UNCLAIMED
             description: SMBus
             product: 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.3
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:b3615000-b36150ff ioport:3040(size=32)
     *-scsi:0
          physical id: 1
          logical name: scsi0
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
             description: ATA Disk
             product: Samsung SSD 750
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sda
             version: 1B6Q
             serial: S36SNWCH614977A
             size: 465GiB (500GB)
             capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
             configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=fce9d9f9-2b31-4aa7-83e4-141d5bc2f852 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
           *-volume:0
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                vendor: Windows
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sda1
                version: 3.1
                serial: bc42-cb1b
                size: 448MiB
                capacity: 449MiB
                capabilities: boot precious readonly hidden nomount ntfs initialized
                configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2016-12-11 11:04:56 filesystem=ntfs label=Recovery modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true name=Basic data partition resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
           *-volume:1
                description: Windows FAT volume
                vendor: MSDOS5.0
                physical id: 2
                bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,2
                logical name: /dev/sda2
                logical name: /boot/efi
                version: FAT32
                serial: 3043-26e7
                size: 93MiB
                capacity: 99MiB
                capabilities: boot fat initialized
                configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro name=EFI system partition state=mounted
           *-volume:2
                description: reserved partition
                vendor: Windows
                physical id: 3
                bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,3
                logical name: /dev/sda3
                serial: 65958c02-28df-4984-bdbf-2e1a828ce090
                capacity: 15MiB
                capabilities: nofs
                configuration: name=Microsoft reserved partition
           *-volume:3
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                vendor: Windows
                physical id: 4
                bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,4
                logical name: /dev/sda4
                version: 3.1
                serial: e6463ff9-f55f-2a4a-b6c4-c70066d2d637
                size: 344GiB
                capacity: 344GiB
                capabilities: ntfs initialized
                configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2016-12-11 11:05:22 filesystem=ntfs name=Basic data partition state=clean
           *-volume:4
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                vendor: Windows
                physical id: 5
                bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,5
                logical name: /dev/sda5
                version: 3.1
                serial: 3a15-7f43
                size: 786MiB
                capacity: 798MiB
                capabilities: boot precious readonly hidden nomount ntfs initialized
                configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2017-05-21 05:58:12 filesystem=ntfs modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
           *-volume:5
                description: EXT4 volume
                vendor: Linux
                physical id: 6
                bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,6
                logical name: /dev/sda6
                logical name: /
                version: 1.0
                serial: 0bec3019-d91f-45a6-8e23-ebc2a3cbb3d4
                size: 119GiB
                capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                configuration: created=2016-12-11 06:05:26 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2018-01-14 07:29:45 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2018-01-14 07:29:45 state=mounted
     *-scsi:1
          physical id: 2
          logical name: scsi2
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
             description: ATA Disk
             product: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1
             vendor: Toshiba
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi at 2:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sdb
             version: 3J
             serial: Y2UWC10RT
             size: 931GiB (1TB)
             capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
             configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=7a586cfd-f697-4aca-8cbc-c50f8661494d logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096
           *-volume
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                vendor: Windows
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi at 2:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sdb1
                logical name: /media/adonizer/Common Drive
                version: 3.1
                serial: 36d74965-5d6d-4a44-806c-3836a9b25c3e
                size: 931GiB
                capacity: 931GiB
                capabilities: ntfs initialized
                configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2017-02-07 14:14:44 filesystem=ntfs label=Common Drive modified_by_chkdsk=true mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 mounted_on_nt4=true name=Basic data partition resize_log_file=true state=mounted upgrade_on_mount=true

** Also affects: unity8 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: unity8 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Opinion

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