Power Management problem when battery charge level is critically low

[Derek Broughton]

Pastor JW wrote:

> On Sunday 21 September 2008 3:20:27 pm Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Sergio Belkin wrote:
>> > 2008/9/20 Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>:
>> >> And I have to report that, having given instructions that had always
>> >> worked for me before, on Thursday I had accidentally pulled out my
>> >> power connection and had my system suddenly stop when the battery went
>> >> dead, without running hibernate as it should...
> 
> I set mine to power down with only ten minutes of time remaining on the
> battery.  Is this a poor move?

I think it basically comes down to the battery not having a clue how much
time it really has remaining.  I had mine set to 10 minutes, but last time
I checked, it _said_ a fully charged battery had less than 20 minutes
charge - the battery's not young, but it's still _actually_ giving me 2
hours.
-- 
derek