Package: acpi Version: 0.09-1 Severity: important $ acpi Battery 1: discharging, 61%, 01:59:19 remaining Battery 2: discharging, 61%, 03:51:48 remaining $ acpi Battery 1: charging, 61%, 01:01:58 until charged Battery 2: charged, 60% $
When discharging the two times are no use in estimating how long there is left. This is because there is no indication as to which battery is the bigger and by how much. In this example the actual time could reasonably be anything between two and four hours before even trying to think about usage patterns. (The only reason I know it's not six hours is that I know it won't last that long from experience.) For charging example above I have no indication how long the second battery will take on top of the hour for the first battery; from the other infomation below I guess it's about another two hours and that's only easy because the two batteries are at the same percentage. NB: Battery 2 is not 'charged' it's status will become 'charging' once battery 1 has got to 100%. And yes the computer does charge the battries one at a time as this implies. Additional info: $ more `find /proc/acpi/battery/ -type f ` | cat :::::::::::::: /proc/acpi/battery/BAT2/alarm :::::::::::::: alarm: 734 mWh :::::::::::::: /proc/acpi/battery/BAT2/state :::::::::::::: present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: charged present rate: 6021 mW remaining capacity: 22194 mWh present voltage: 11340 mV :::::::::::::: /proc/acpi/battery/BAT2/info :::::::::::::: present: yes design capacity: 38880 mWh last full capacity: 36406 mWh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 10800 mV design capacity warning: 734 mWh design capacity low: 0 mWh capacity granularity 1: 10 mWh capacity granularity 2: 10 mWh model number: G71C00004210 serial number: 0800000323 battery type: Li-ION OEM info: :::::::::::::: /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/alarm :::::::::::::: alarm: 378 mWh :::::::::::::: /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state :::::::::::::: present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: charging present rate: 5983 mW remaining capacity: 13348 mWh present voltage: 11410 mV :::::::::::::: /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info :::::::::::::: present: yes design capacity: 19008 mWh last full capacity: 18478 mWh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 10800 mV design capacity warning: 378 mWh design capacity low: 0 mWh capacity granularity 1: 10 mWh capacity granularity 2: 10 mWh model number: G71C0002Q210 serial number: 2100046367 battery type: Li-ION OEM info: $ -- Rob. (Robert de Bath <robert$ @ debath.co.uk>) <http://www.debath.co.uk/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]