Questions about battery usage and issues in Ubuntu.
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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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Ubuntu 12.04 laptop battery isn't charging?
My HP EliteBook charged perfectly when Windows 7 was installed. 8560p. I wiped the drive, installed 12.04. For a little while, I could suspend the laptop, and it would charge when the lid was closed. ...
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ubuntu 12.10 64-bit consuming 100% cpu power and high battery
I am new linux user, installed ubuntu 12.10 (64-bit) from wubi (getting boot option (windows7/ubuntu).
But after opening ubuntu, laptop gets heat up, fan running very fast and performance is very ...
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Wrong battery state reading cause brutal shutdown
I have an Asus Zenbook UX31A, the Asus 13" unit from first generation ultrabooks. I run Ubuntu 12.10 up to date on it.
Before a week or two I used to enjoy more that 5 hours of battery life, ...
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Internet on wireless doesn't work without charger
My laptop is running on Ubuntu 12.04. Since last few days, I am facing a strange problem (some may even call me crazy after reading this). My laptop is Acer Aspire 5755 (specifications - just in case)
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Xubuntu 12.10; battery drains when laptop lid is closed
I am on Xubuntu 12.10. When I close my laptop lid, the screen goes black as normal, and the normal login window appears when I open it up again. However, I notice that for example, I left my laptop ...
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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 keep battery charge at 80% to increase its lifespan
Lithium-based Batteries are not supposed to constantly sit a maximum charge. This damages them and reduces their lifespan. This is why some people take the battery out when using the laptop plugged ...
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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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fan noise and high battery consumption with AMD hybrid graphics
as described here dell 7520 (inspiron 15R SE), fan on full speed on 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, i still have problems with my energy comsumption and fan noise under ubuntu 13.04.
i could reduce it to a ...
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battery issues with 13.04
My battery has been strange since on 13.04. I left my office with battery almost 100% charged, came home took a shower, and when I went to turn on my computer, the battery was dead.
The power ...
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Message: “Battery dies in few seconds” -Bad battery-status or problem with power management?
I'm still a beginner, but I have used Ubuntu and other distros before. I run a German setup so I'm not shure about the correct words.
So here's the problem: My netbook (ASUS X201E) with fresh Ubuntu ...
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Laptop battery is not recognized in Ubuntu 12.04
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop. Ubuntu does not recognize the battery, even though the battery is connected.
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How can I prevent my laptop auto suspend (due to critically low battery) from looping?
I have an Acer Aspire 5750G on Ubuntu 12.04LTS and I've got a problem:
Battery critically low > suspend > wake up instantly (I don't touch ANYTHING) > suspend > wake up.... power outage > dead.
I've ...
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Battery Status in Notification
I don't really know about scripts but I'm trying to create one to display battery level when a key is pressed.
I've done this:
battery_level=`acpi -b | grep -P -o '[0-9]+(?=%)'`
ac_power=`acpi -a | ...
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Can I make Ubuntu One sync only at certain times and only when there's an Internet connection available?
Is there anyway to have Ubuntu One sync in the morning and not at night? I keep seeing the program launch and sync when my notebook isn't plugged in and it seems to be draining the battery a lot.
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Black screen when trying to play video games
I run a wined version of steam (mostly because most of my steam games aren't avaible on the steam beta yet) and I had problems in the past with this black screen/dim screen but I fixed it, the problem ...
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Lenovo T500 Suspend Issue due to network manager?
I use a Lenovo Thinkpad T500 with Ubuntu 12.10 installed.
I have a strange problem. Often when I go to sleep at night and forget to plug my laptop in, I find in the morning that my laptop 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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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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My battery drains really fast and my laptop gets really hot, What do I do?
I just installed Ubuntu on my HP Pavilion dv6-6c50ca, and I noticed that every time that I start my laptop with Ubuntu the fan runs really fast and the laptop produces a lot of heat. When I run ...
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Is There A Way To Measure Total Battery Discharge Time?
Can this be done with multiple sessions even if over a matter of days? This function does not appear to be available in XFCE Power Manager. If you have not already guessed, this question regards ...
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Problems with secondary battery
I have a problem with my secondary battery. Just ago, I closed my notebook (a HP Probook 6450b) and when i opened it again, it didn't wake up from standby mode because my first battery was running ...
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Battery indicator shows the wrong battery
I recently bought a secondary battery for my Dell Latitude D620 that fits into the CD drive. There are a couple problems:
First, it drains the secondary battery first. I'm OK with that, but when it ...
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Empathy endless “loading” and higher CPU consumption
When I start empathy, or wake up my laptop, empathy usually has an endless loading indicator to the right of the status bar that only goes away when i set my state to offline and then online again. ...
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Is there a similar application to blackout for the mac?
In mac os x there is an app called blackout that can help you focus (and in the process preserve battery power). By dimming the lights around the selected windows (and some other features)
is there ...
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Better Battery Life improvements
I know there are some tweaks and tips to increase like
laptop-mode-tools
the Jupiter applet.
or this tips
But is there a plan or work to actually increase the battery life out of the box of ...
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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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T400 secondary battery not in use
I am a total newbie to Linux, running 12.10 on a Lenovo T400 with a second battery installed. The battery Bat 1 is visible in the power settings but is never used by the computer, Bat 0 drains and the ...
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Change brightness automatically depending on power source in 12.04
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on a HP G61. When I used to use Windows in this machine, my screen to autodimmed when unplugging AC (i.e. running on battery), and brightness was restored when plugged again. ...
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DELL LATITUDE E5420 freezes
I am experiencing problem with versions from 10 to 13 of Ubuntu on Dell Latitude E5420, specifically. The behavior is very weird. If Ubuntu is started without power supply plugged in, the notebook ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 battery indicator problems
I installed ubuntu 13.04 with no problems but in the last 2 days the power indicator is screwing up. it says charging when i pull the cord out and when i put it in sometimes it says no charging. ...
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Laptop running Ubuntu battery management issues
I am a newbie to Ubuntu (after dumping 3 other distros) and have seen a terrible battery management from Ubuntu.
I use a HP DV7 17" 8 gb ram beast with about 30 minutes of battery power since I ...
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Ubuntu crashes when on battery power
I've got an HP 2510p (with a mic problem..) with Ubuntu 13.04. When I use it plugged in to the A.C. supply, so far so good. When I disconnect the A.C. supply, Ubuntu crashes. Same thing happens when I ...
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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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Extremely short battery life in Ubuntu 12.10
I have dual operating systems on my laptop. While I am using Win7 I work 3-3.5 hours on balanced mode. Unfortunately with Ubuntu the lifetime declined to 1.2 hours. How can I achieve the same battery ...
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Laptop charging speed reduced after installing Ubuntu 12.04
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 in my laptop, previously running Windows 7. After the battery is out, I charges my laptop, then the battery have been full next day.
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Migration from Windows but with system compatibility problems!
I wanted to get rid of my Windows for a while. I can't do it for good because I'm into musical production so a Windows is always welcomed on my system. I tried to install Ubuntu on the following ...
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battery indicate 6% (6 min) but it last for 1 hr
after full charge indicates 99% and around 2 hr but few minutes later it drops to 6% but it last for 1.5 hr. Its anoying cause I don't know when the laptop stops.
Glad to receive any advise!
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Asus EEE PC 1015CX freezing on battery
I have a ASUS EEE PC 1015CX with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
All works fine when netbook is powered on AC.
But If it runs on battery, it regulary freezes (process Xorg goes up to 90% CPU)
Any help, what should ...
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Toshiba L650 Laptop battery meter on 12.04 Unity 2D
I'm running 12.04 Unity 2D as a VMware VM in a Toshiba L650 Laptop.
Thing is I am not able to get a battery meter displayed on the Menu bar on top.
Not having any options for the same in ...
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Low battery life in thinkpad x120e in 12.10
I have tried every tool available to try and increase my battery life. In windows I can get up to 8 hours but in linux I can barely manage 4. I am using powertop, thinkfan, tcp, updated every driver, ...
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Battery design capacity lower than actual
Hi i have been having some problems with battery.
It is 48 Wh battery for Lenovo Ideapad and ubuntu is still telling me it design capacity is 38 Wh and also i doesnt charge it more than this value.
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What tool to use to log battery status in Ubuntu 12.10
What daemon-like tool use to log battery status (to get real time of work on battery) in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal?
I have tried to use battery-stats-collector but it doesn't work: ...
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LOADS of Issues with my HP Envy-4 Sleekbook
i'm not new to ubuntu but i am knee-deep in problems that i cannot find actual solutions for (even on this site), heck im just hoping they exist. I'm just going to organize this here.
System: ...
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New battery installed but Ubuntu only recognizes 2.5 hours of life
I'm having an issue in which I have installed a new battery that will not charge to it's full capacity. I'm looking for a manner to change some setting in which Ubuntu will allow a full charge. After ...
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Checking battery state whenever I launch steam
This is a strange problem. Every time I launch steam in 12.10 64-bit, I get a black screen with Checking battery state [ok]. I press enter and it redirects me to the login screen. When I login, every ...
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Battery indicator doesn't change its status (but after reboot)
The problem is the same as here:
The icon does not change when the power cord is plugged in or
unplugged (the icon remains a battery if that was the power source on
boot but won't change if ...
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What are the different power modes in xfce?
I use xubuntu on a small netbook. I want to conserve the maximum amount of battery. I have turned down the brightness, but what is the difference between 'normal' and 'presentation' power modes in the ...
