[xubuntu-users] Surface 3 (non pro) battery driver

[caligaris]

I had that issue before on an older Macbook

The only way I was able to see how much battery I had was installing 
xfce4-battery-plugin and then add it to your Panel. The plugin it self 
is not very pretty but it does the job.

-Gio

On Thu, 13 Oct, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Austin McDonald <perryous at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Yeah, I'm on 16.04. The system won't read the battery, and since it's 
> not a pro the guide you attached won't help. I'm already running 
> tigerite's kernel, which solved everything else. But anyway the 
> system can't monitor the battery, so I never have any idea how much 
> juice I have left in the machine.
> 
> Austin
> 
> On Oct 13, 2016, at 9:13 AM, caligaris <libreguarani at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Are you using Xubuntu 16.04?
>> 
>> From what I read, the kernel 4.4 should take care of your battery.
>> 
>> This tutorial is a bit outdated, see if it works.
>> 
>> https://github.com/neoreeps/surface-pro-3
>> 
>> What exactly is wrong with your battery?
>> 
>> -Gio
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Austin McDonald 
>> <perryous at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I need a battery driver for my S3, anyone know where I can get one?
>>> 
>>> Austin
>>> 
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