Just learned draining a L-ion battery completely will permanently damage the battery's capacity. I won't be purchasing a new battery until I can be certain that gnome-power-manager will provide the proper warnings/actions to prevent damage to a new battery. I have looked at the gnome-power-manager source code, but I'm currently not confident that it is getting the proper information from the /proc/acpi/battery/BAT*/info file to properly provide a warning or take action when the battery is at a critical charge state. Here is my battery's info.
present: yes design capacity: 5200 mAh last full capacity: 354 mAh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 12597 mV design capacity warning: 300 mAh design capacity low: 200 mAh capacity granularity 1: 32 mAh capacity granularity 2: 32 mAh model number: NS2P3SZNJ5WR serial number: 17249 battery type: LION OEM info: SANYO I'm currently working on a perl script to see if I can get the functionality I need in order to insure my next battery stays fully functional. Here's a paste of the script if you are interested in utilizing it/updating it for your needs. http://paste.ubuntu.com/340361/ -- Laptop Battery Time Remaining Outrageously Inaccurate https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120258 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
