it looks like this is the same as redhat https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439460
mrp...@mrplow-laptop:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/* alarm: unsupported present: yes design capacity: 5200 mAh last full capacity: 100 mAh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 8400 mV design capacity warning: 20 mAh design capacity low: 10 mAh capacity granularity 1: 52 mAh capacity granularity 2: 52 mAh model number: 900 serial number: battery type: LION OEM info: ASUS present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: charged present rate: unknown remaining capacity: 100 mAh present voltage: 8253 mV I'm getting the same output as him two years ago >Dave Jones 2008-03-28 14:45:14 EDT > >The eee uses some 'creative' way of reporting battery life. >The capacity field is supposed to be measured as mAh, but the eee exports a >percentage there instead of an absolute. The result of this is that a full >battery reports a design capacity of 5200 mAh, and a remaining capacity of >100mAh > >This causes hal to freak out claiming that the battery is broken. ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #439460 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439460 -- UNR Karmic, EeePC 701: notification on login that battery is at 1.9% and may be broken irrespective of actual charge of battery, as indicated by battery charge applet https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518365 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 [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
