From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexey Starikovskiy Subject: Re: Battery info bogus on Lenovo 3000 N100 Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:02:36 +0300 Message-ID: <47BF467C.9070801@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.128.190]:2608 "EHLO fk-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753988AbYBVWCk (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:02:40 -0500 Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id z23so830696fkz.5 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:02:39 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Daniel Barkalow Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Please open bug report at bugzilla.kernel.org against ACPI/battery. Please attach dmesg and acpidump to that bug. Please also attach actual /proc/acpi/battery/*/* files. Thanks, Alex. Daniel Barkalow wrote: > I'm having problems with the battery reporting on my laptop. In > particular, the LEDs suggest that the battery isn't working at all, but > /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state says it's fine. Furthermore, one time when I > actually removed the battery entirely, /proc/acpi/.../info said (from > memory, may be slightly off): > > present: yes > design capacity: 4000 mAh > last full capacity: 4000 mAh > battery technology: rechargeable > design voltage: 11100 mV > design capacity warning: 420 mAh > design capacity low: 156 mAh > capacity granularity 1: 264 mAh > capacity granularity 2: 3780 mAh > model number: PABAS024 > serial number: 3658Q > battery type: LION > OEM info: COMPAL > > I've also been noticing for a while that the "remaining capacity" updates > irregularly and isn't generally current, and it reports the design > capacity when the state is "charged", even if discharging it at all > indicates that it's actually a lot lower. I've noticed this from 2.6.17 > (the first kernel I had on this computer) to 2.6.22, the latest I've tried > here. > > CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG doesn't seem to be showing me anything particularly > informative (When I remove or insert the battery, I get: > [ACPI Debug] String: [0x12] "=====QUERY_25=====") > > There seem to be BIOS updates available, but nothing looks related. > > What information can I collect on this problem? > > -Daniel > *This .sig left intentionally blank* > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >