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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/07/2014 06:15 PM, Jerry Lapham
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        -qt-user-state:0;">On Friday, March 07, 2014 08:42:45 PM Vítor
        Moreira wrote:</p>
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        distribution 13:10 kde kubuntu on a netbook.</p>
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        -qt-user-state:0;">> Happens that the computer not working
        properly when the battery is placed,</p>
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        -qt-user-state:0;">> at the start, when the desktop should
        appear, the screen is all black (but</p>
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        -qt-user-state:0;">> connected) and only the mouse cursor
        appears. You can not do anything. With</p>
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        the same situation.</p>
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        -qt-user-state:0;">> Only works correctly only with the
        charger without the battery.</p>
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        -qt-user-state:0;">I have a laptop running Kubuntu 11.04 and
        12.04LTS. The black screen with only mouse cursor happens
        shortly after boot most of the time. My work-around is hitting
        CTRL-ALT-F2 followed by CTRL-ALT-F7 to restore the screen.</p>
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    How good is the battery???<br>
    I had a laptop once that did not work when the battery<br>
    died with or without the AC power.  When I removed the<br>
    battery and used only the AC power, it ran fine.<br>
    Just my $0.02 worth.<br>
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    Tom<br>
    <div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
      "The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve
      in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly
      proportional to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars
      were treated and appreciated by their nation." George Washington,
      (1732-1799), Commanding General, Continental Army (June 15, 1775 -
      December 23, 1783)</div>
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