On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Alok Singh Mahor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all,
> my laptop is getting uninterrupted power supply still battery monitor is
> showing AC adapter unplugged for few second then AC adapter plugged in for
> few seconds. its happening periodically since i am using Kubuntu 12.04.
> currently I am using Kubuntu 12.10 on Lenovo G550
>
> also before 12.04 battery monitor used to alert with beep and message when
> battery reaches critically low. since 12.04 battery monitor dont show any
> message or beep , laptop gets turned off without giving any warning of low
> battery.
>
> my battery backup is very very low only 5-10 min. is it the reason of this
> strange behavior of battery monitor ?
> is it anything i can do to get warning message before getting laptop turned
> off. and why battery monitor is showing message of AC adapter plugged in and
> out ?
> thank you
>
Use acpitool to find out the status of the battery.
example:
# acpitool -B
Battery #1 : present
Remaining capacity : unknown, 100.0%
Design capacity : 5221 mA
Last full capacity : 4021 mA
Present rate : 0 mA
Charging state : Full
Battery type : Li-ion
Model number : Primary
Serial number : xxxxx
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