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

[Austin McDonald]

It doesn't work, it just shows "50%%" the entire time

Austin

> On Oct 13, 2016, at 2:37 PM, caligaris <libreguarani at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 This tutorial is a bit outdated, see if it works.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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