Questions about battery usage and issues in Ubuntu.
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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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Battery doesn't charge on ubuntu 12.10 “DELL GK2X619”
My lap-top battery doesn't charge on ubuntu 12.10 though it works fine under Windows with some driver.
Here's my Lap-Top model dell inspiron n5110
Some info:
cat ...
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12.10 or 12.04 on Asus U36SG?
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop and there are some problems:
1.I couldn't install the video driver (gpu 610m) neither from nVidia's site nor manually from the terminal.
2.Battery life ...
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Why does my laptop overheat and discharge faster in Ubuntu than Windows?
I am new to Linux. I have a Dell Inspiron 15 with a 1st generation Intel Core i3 and Ubuntu 12.10.
My laptop gets heated quickly which doesn't happen on Windows. Also the battery is discharged faster ...
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how to decrease wakeups from touchpad
I had a battery problem on my Dell Inspiron N5010
I used powertop and I found out that my touchpad driver has most of wakeups and consumes battery
I had this from powertop
Wakeups-from-idle per ...
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Laptop battery doesn't last that long compared to Windows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does my computer get less battery life with Ubuntu compared to Windows?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 with Gnome 3.6 on a Dell Inspiron N5010 laptop, but I have a problem ...
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The battery of my laptop is maybe in danger?
In windows 7, the battery of my core i7 VAIO would always only charge until 79 %
however, in ubuntu it charges 100 %
i heard from a friend that it is dangerous for battery to become charged fully and ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Battery monitor problem?
With win7 I had about 4hrs battery life. My battery was fully charged and I had my laptop plugged in during the entire install of ubuntu. However, about 15 minutes after unplugging my laptop I get a ...
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why ubuntu uses more battery power?
Why ubuntu uses more battery power than windows?
When I use windows, my battery lasts for 2 hours
But when I use ubuntu, the battery decreases so quickly. hardly I can use for only 1 hour.
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NVIDIA GT630M and Intel HD 4000 issues [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How well do laptops with Nvidia Optimus work?
I have a Lenovo Z580 (12.10 Quantal). It has both an Intel HD 4000 and an NVIDIA GT 630M (CUDA and Optimus).
When using ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 is hogging the battery power
I was using my computer the other day on my kitchen side. I wanted to move to the sofa and so I took the power cable out. I took about ten seconds to get to the sofa and plug it in and when I checked ...
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How to make Ubuntu recognize Samsung galaxy battery level?
When I plug in an iPhone device, it automatically charges the battery, and showing battery's power percentage.
How to do so, with an Android device?
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how to enable laptop mode tools in ubuntu 12.10
I have a Lenovo z570 running ubuntu 12.10 with a battery life approximately 1hr 30 min. Please help me maximize the battery life of my lenovo
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How to make ubuntu alert me visually when the battery is critical?
I am using ubuntu 12.04 and whenever i disconnect it from power supply the panel battery
icon shows me the remaining time at regular interval but it doesnot make an alert when the battery runs out of ...
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Is it possible to run laptop over direct supply and turn off battery charging?
Using Ubuntu 12.04 over ASUS K55V
I wonder if it is possible to turn off battery charging and run the system over direct supply???
This function is available with dell laptops in Microsoft Windows. Is ...
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Disabling eth0 Module on a Macbook Aluminum
The Ubuntu page for my device states the following at the bottom (Known Issues)
PowerTOP reports that the module for the 10/100/1000 interface wakes
the processor 100+x/sec, accounting for >50% ...
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Charger Status Not Updating
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Toshiba Satellite L775-S7105, and I recently tried to make some changes to the grub file. What I was trying to fix didn't work, and now my battery status at the top ...
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Fans are noisy and battery life is low
I worked on Windows 8 previosly and I never had problems: my laptop was quiet and battery life was about 5-6 hours without charge.
Then I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and my problems started: now fans are ...
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Connecting Power or removing it causes Ubuntu 12.10 to Hang and Crash
When I boot my machine on battery and later connect the power supply Ubuntu just hangs and crashes and vice verse.
I run Jupiter 0.1.9 it never gave me any issue but yesterday I updated ubuntu there ...
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Battery Life Extender for Linux [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I limit battery charging to 80% capacity?
I have Lenovo notebook. There is an utility for Windows called kind of Battery Extender which extends battery life ...
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Audio codec consuming high battery power
My powertop reports this for the two audio codec components.
4.85 W 100.0% Device Audio codec hwC0D3: Intel
4.85 W 100.0% Device Audio ...
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Battery status not shown on Asus K53E - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I have Asus K53E. My OS is Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS. When I installed Ubuntu, battery status was shown but after a month it stopped working. Now I'm not warned if battery level is low or something happens. ...
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Dell Inspiron 5720 battery manager?
Is there anything like battery charge manager in Ubuntu 12.04 for my Dell Inspiron 5720? I mean some program, that I can set so that it stops laptop from charging when it's above 80% of battery charge ...
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Remaining time for laptop battery in system tray with xfce4-power-manager?
I'm using xubuntu on my laptop, and I wonder if there's a way to have the remaining time of my battery displayed in the system tray with the xfce power manager? It tells me how much time I got left ...
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How to control / disable low level battery on bluetooth mouse
I have a little problem with my Kesington Bluetooth Mouse on Ubuntu 12.10.
Ubuntu 12.10 considers my bluetooth mouse battery as a system battery as if it was the main laptop battery (so I have two on ...
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OUCH! Laptop running SUPER HOT after 12.10 upgrade!
I was running 12.04 with Unity 3D for 6 months; my laptop ran almost silently and cool enough to hold on my lap with ~4 hours of battery life. I updated to 12.10 and switched to the Gnome 3 Shell. Now ...
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How to improve battery life on a HP Pavilion dv6?
I apologise if this question is too similar to the numerous others already asked, but I'm a beginner and I really need your help.
So...I've installed Ubuntu 12.10 a few days ago and I have only been ...
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What about life battery in ubuntu 12.04.1 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Tips to extend battery life for laptops and notebooks
I have a basic Notebook Samsung RV513 with Ati Vision AMD Graphics & chipset but I realized than ubuntu 12.04.1 ...
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Battery icon constantly empty when discharging Vaio VGN-FZ210CE
I have a Sony Vaio VGN-210CE laptop, and its battery does not report the drain rate properly. In 11.10 and earlier, the battery icon would update with the percentage, not the estimated time. In 12.04 ...
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How to tweak Powertop to reduce power consumption?
I am a completely new user to Linux/Ubuntu. I looked through tips on battery issues and PowerTOP but failed to find clear tips on how to tweak PowerTOP except for Toggle Tunable.
Could someone look ...
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Battery Life-time on Acer Aspire Timeline-X 4830TG
I'm running 12.04. In Windows my pc lasts approximately 7-8 hours but in Ubuntu it seems like 2-3 hours. Battery time is paramount for me, so how can I fix that?
Ubuntu 12.04
i5 2450
Intel HD-300 ...
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Battery life starts at 2:30 hrs (99%), but less than 1 minute later is only 1:30 hrs (99%)
After searching this and other forums, I haven't seen this same issue listed anywhere for Ubuntu 12.
Prior to installing Ubuntu 12.10, my Netbook (Acer AspireOne D250, SATA HDD) was consistently ...
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Used DBAN to wipe Lenovo u410 then installed Ubuntu. Need to install windows 8, but I get an error.
When I try to boot from my windows 8 USB (tested on a separate PC), I get this error text "The boot configuration data for your pc is missing or contains errors."
I want to install windows again so I ...
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Battery died when updating from 12.04 to 12.10
I started the update and went to sleep but I forgot to plugin AC adapter.
When i woke up, laptop was off. I plugged in the AC cord and turned it on.
Ubuntu boots and it is on 12.10 but may items ...
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Hp dv6z(AMD version 3243cl) over heat & Battery Drain
I am new here on Ubuntu(12.04 x64)!
The problem I am facing here is very less battery life and constant noise of fan during use of my laptop!
Laptop has AMD Phoneme II processor,6 gb ram ,Amd radeon ...
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Laptop battery charging capacity reduced to 52%
I have been using Ubuntu 11.04 on DELL Inspiron 14R (N5010) laptop for last three months. Before I switch to ubuntu my laptop battery used to give 2.5 hrs to 3 hrs back-up. But since I have been using ...
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Ubuntu consumes battery and warms laptop
I have Ubuntu 12.10 (12.04 and upgraded to 12.10).
After upgrading I deleted old graphic drivers and instal FGLRX (or smth similar) to get graphic interface.
But after upgrade, battery consumption ...
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more than 4 hours on battery power - still 100% charged [closed]
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and my lap's battery is NOT discharging..
What I did: had 11.1 installed (battery life around 2.5 hours, normal life cycles), upgraded to 12.04 (killed my battery in 20 ...
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The battery indicator& Power setting panel shows wrong battery state
My laptop is Thinkpad E420 with Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit installed, the kernel version is 3.2.0-33-generic.
I have set the battery threshold as 60% via windows7. It seems that the threshold auto effected ...
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Bluetooth mouse disconnects but only when on battery
I use a Lenovo Thinkpad Bluetooth Laser Mouse with my Thinkpad x130e and Quantal. It works without problems as long as the notebook is on AC-Power. When it runs on battery the mouse works for some ...
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How reliable is the battery data in ubuntu the power statistics?
Right now the power statistics show that:
Energy when full: 25.5 Wh
Energy (design): 93.2 Wh
And indeed the battery doesn't seem to be lasting as long as it used too.
My question:
Is this data ...
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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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Power & Sleep Management
I'm running 12.10 with xmonad.
Trying to ensure that the right things happen when I close laptop lid, etc. I see Internet search results for similar issues that mostly point towards ...
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How to control of battery charging/discharging limits?
I'm running HP 530 laptop and Ubuntu 10.04. My old battery is died some times ago, so I have got the new one.
I'd like to get possibility to change the limits when the charger starts to charge ...
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Laptop drains of quickly with battery
I am a user since years in ubuntu and I have not come across this problem with ubuntu till date.
My battery drains off immediately after I unplug my AC power.
The options I tried:
1) checked the ...
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Battery on Ubuntu 12.10 is less compared to win7! [duplicate]
I installed ubuntu 12.10 alongside win7 ultimate on my lenovo ultrabook U410, but the problem is I get 6 hours with win7 while only 3.30 hours on Ubuntu. I installed PowerTop but It does not provide ...
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In what language I can develop a status notifier of a laptop battery?
I want develop a little software or notification system of status or information battery, because sometimes I forget disconnect my charger and my battery is overloaded. I would like to develop an ...
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fan out loud on ubuntu 12.10
i just installed ubuntu 12.10 i386, and at first i have two problems.
out loud fan sound
low battery life
my laptop: dell inspiron N4030 with Mobility Radeon HD 5430 Series ATI card.
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Indicator broken in 12.10 [closed]
After upgrading my battery isn't detected, and the indicator doesn't show. Worked fine in 12.04 I added acpi=force to grub didn't help.
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Poor battery life in Ubuntu 12.10 on Toshiba p755-s5215, how can i manage background applications?
I have a dual-booted laptop, where windows gives a good 3.5 hours on battery, while on Ubuntu 12.10 my laptops runs only for 2 hours.
I heard about powertop and laptop-tools, but after installing ...
