[ubuntu-uk] Netbook Battery Problem

[Jon Farmer]

On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 13:50 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 13:28 +0100, Jon Farmer wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 13:10 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote:
> > 
> > > Could it be related to bug #403303 [1]?
> > > 
> > > [1]
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/devicekit-power/+bug/403303
> > 
> > 
> > It's a similar thing. However this is when I pull the power cord out of
> > a netbook such as when I take it from my desk to move to the other side
> > of the office for 5 mins. As soon as you unplug it the power manager
> > reports low battery and hibernates. As soon as you press the power
> > button after hibernation the power manager reports 100%.
> > 
> > So right now I have 2 hours 5 mins, if I put the power cord in for 5
> > secs and then pull it out then low power kicks in.
> 
> According to the bug above, it depends how different processes check
> battery state in the case where the battery doesn't follow ACPI specs
> (as in the EeePC).
> 
> To see if it's related, can you post the content
> of /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info please?

Well it actually shows as /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info and contains

present:                 yes
design capacity:         2200 mAh
last full capacity:      1964 mAh
battery technology:      rechargeable
design voltage:          11100 mV
design capacity warning: 0 mAh
design capacity low:     0 mAh
capacity granularity 1:  1 mAh
capacity granularity 2:  1 mAh
model number:            

serial number:           

battery type:            LION

OEM info: 


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