ACPI/battery status on Dell Inspiron 8200 broken, 2.6.2-rc3

ACPI/battery status on Dell Inspiron 8200 broken, 2.6.2-rc3

[David Ford]

Battery status got lost in either rc2 or rc3.  It worked in rc1.

powerix klaptopdaemon # cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
present:                 yes
design capacity:         0 mWh
last full capacity:      0 mWh
battery technology:      non-rechargeable
design voltage:          0 mV
design capacity warning: 0 mWh
design capacity low:     0 mWh
capacity granularity 1:  0 mWh
capacity granularity 2:  0 mWh
model number:
serial number:
battery type:
OEM info:

powerix klaptopdaemon # cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
present:                 yes
capacity state:          ok
charging state:          unknown
present rate:            0 mA
remaining capacity:      0 mAh
present voltage:         0 mV

Re: ACPI/battery status on Dell Inspiron 8200 broken, 2.6.2-rc3

[Len Brown]

David,

Please try this patch
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=1965&action=view

and note in this bug report if it works for you.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1766

thanks,
-Len

On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 02:29, David Ford wrote:
> Battery status got lost in either rc2 or rc3.  It worked in rc1.
> 
> powerix klaptopdaemon # cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
> present:                 yes
> design capacity:         0 mWh
> last full capacity:      0 mWh
> battery technology:      non-rechargeable
> design voltage:          0 mV
> design capacity warning: 0 mWh
> design capacity low:     0 mWh
> capacity granularity 1:  0 mWh
> capacity granularity 2:  0 mWh
> model number:
> serial number:
> battery type:
> OEM info:
> 
> powerix klaptopdaemon # cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
> present:                 yes
> capacity state:          ok
> charging state:          unknown
> present rate:            0 mA
> remaining capacity:      0 mAh
> present voltage:         0 mV
> 
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