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wrong battery report on asus k45dr
I bought new asus laptop with series k45dr and there is something wrong the battery, it always show that it fully charged , even though i have used my computer for more than an hour then without ...
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My ubuntu 13.04 x64 cann't do cold boot in battery?
I am using HP-Pavilion G6-2005ax, powered by AMD APU A8-4500M, 4GB RAM, 500 GB HDD and AMD Radeon HD7670M 1GB. I am using Ubuntu 13.04-amd64 version. While I am doing cold boot on battery, the Lap ...
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Terminal check remaining battery health [duplicate]
I've tried the following command
cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
And there it is
No such file or directory
acpi outputing this:
Battery 0: Unknown, 100%
Is there another way to check the ...
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I need help with the battery Icon
I have a Toshiba Satellite L645D running Ubuntu 12.10 and it seems like Ubuntu like some other distros (Nadia, Debian) won't recognize my battery and I don't know the reason for that, it won't show ...
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where did /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/XXX go in 12.10?
I use some custom scripts that use and monitor the battery information that was in:
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/(state|info)
However, since upgrading to 12.10 I no longer have those files and I've been ...
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Is there a program to charge/discharge the battery automatically without the need to unplug the ac adapter everytime?
I want to give some life to my old laptop, and recalibrate the battery (old now).
When reading around on forums, the common info is to turn on the PC, drain the batt, even from Bios, and then recharge ...
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How to check battery status when acpi is off?
I got acpi turned off with the kernel parameter acpi=off. But now I cannot see my battery state in any way. Is there a way to check battery state when acpi is still off?
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What is an ACPI GPE storm?
Just experienced a system freeze (no touchpad, no keyboard, screen looked normal), Alt/SysRq/REISUB didn't work, had to press the start button.
In var/log/kern.log I find "ACPI: EC: GPE storm ...
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Why can't I poweroff my computer if it isn't connected to a power supply?
When my computer is not plugged in the poweroff function doesn't work. It just boots up after poweroff. Whenever I poweroff by the way of GUI clicking or typing command "poweroff" or "halt" , my ...
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Checking battery status using other that acpi
Is there any way to get the battery status without acpi? I'm using U 11.10 and I needed to install acpi via apt-get. So I guess there's another command that is used to check battery status rather that ...
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ACPI 30k+ interrupts per second
My computer is currently doing something like 30k+ interrupts per second. This causes battery issues as well as the CPU being always stuck at the highest speed, making it very hot (overheating.. 75C ...
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Battery not recognized on my laptop (and it recognizes my laptop as a desktop)
I have installed Ubuntu (both 10.10 and 11.04 pre-release) on my laptop but my battery is not recognized and it is detected as a desktop system rather than a laptop.
I have tried to get the output ...
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Brand new battery is 100% charged but at 0% capacity
I just bought a brand new battery to replace one that had seemingly died. I followed the instructions that came with the battery and charged it overnight, then ran my computer on battery until it was ...
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“On battery” is not recognized
I have just bought a lovely ThinkPad Edge 11 which have ~6 hours of surfing in Windows 7. But unfortunately, a clean Ubuntu 10.10 give me max 4 hours which is not satisfactorily. Therefore I have ...
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Battery indicator is stuck on “estimating”?
After installing Ubuntu 10.10, the battery indicator worked fine (both percent remaining and estimation on time). I then installed and configured some software (Skype, Pidgin, Thunderbird, removed ...
