From: Pedro Venda <pjlv-aHmAgkVUFT6Joy8PIJZ9VA@public.gmane.org>
To: ultrakorne <ultrakorne-XtQPfPCVGG7srOwW+9ziJQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: can't read battery, dsdt bugged?
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:52:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41A36ACE.9030602@mega.ist.utl.pt> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41A36560.90701-XtQPfPCVGG7srOwW+9ziJQ@public.gmane.org>
ultrakorne wrote:
> Pedro Venda wrote:
>
>> ultrakorne wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, i have a acer laptop (travelmate 4501LCi) and i have installed
>>> ubuntu warty 4.10 (kernel 2.6.8.1)
>>> the battery applet didnt works... this because /proc/acpi/battery/ is
>>> empty!
>>
>>
>>
>> you probably have a smart battery. I have an acer travelmate 4001wlmi
>> which has one. There are no smart battery drivers that work in linux.
>>
>> regards,
>> pedro venda.
>>
> on the user guide it says the battery is Lithium Ion...
> but if it is a smart battery... i cant use linux?? i need to read the
> charge..
> how i can see if it is a lion or smart...
it can be a lithium ion AND a smart battery. those are two different concepts:
- Lithium Ion refers to the chemical technology used by the battery.
- the smart battery refers to the way computers interact with the battery. I think there are two types: smart batteries and some other type which name I can't remember (maybe someone could help me here)
it probably is a smart battery, and yes, it's not at all desirable to not be able to read the charge and AC status, but one can live with it... i do.
to see if it's a smart battery or not, i think you must dissassemble your DSDT and look for something like "Name(_HID. EISAID("PNP0C090"))" or "Name(_HID,"ACPI0001")" or "Name(_HID,"ACPI0002")" [some
more help here would be appreciated: what is the single line in the dsdt that can tell if one has a smart battery?]. if you find any of those in your dissassembled DSDT, most certainly you have a
smart battery.
regards,
pedro venda.
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Pedro João Lopes Venda
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2004-11-23 15:53 can't read battery, dsdt bugged? ultrakorne
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2004-11-23 16:06 ` Pedro Venda
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2004-11-23 16:52 ` Pedro Venda [this message]
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[not found] ` <41A3709F.7020404-XtQPfPCVGG7srOwW+9ziJQ@public.gmane.org>
2004-11-23 18:11 ` Pedro Venda
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