Ok. I tried doing some bisections. Here are the following kernels I attempted (all were Lucid/10.04 kernels since that's the last time I had any accurate batter info).
2.6.38-10.44 (pae)- failed, unmet repositories - no battery, no networking) 2.6.32-53.115 (pae) - no battery detected, issued acpi command and got nothing (just returned the command prompt), no networking 2.6.32-38.83 (pae) - no battery detected, issued acpi command and got nothing (just returned the command prompt), no networking 2.6.32-34.74 (pae) - no battery detected, issued acpi command and got nothing (just returned the command prompt), no networking Tried mainline builds: 2.6.32-02063242 - no battery detected, issued acpi command and got nothing (just returned the command prompt), no networking 2.6.33-02063305 - no battery detected, issued acpi command and got nothing (just returned the command prompt), no networking All these were attempted with 12.04 so it could be the older kernel conflicting w/ 12.04 (especially with networking). I would've thought one would have at least detected the battery and assume when I had 10.04, one of these Kernel's would've been on the machine and working (ie when battery status worked). Hopefully, I did a decent job of the bisect. If it helps, when I booted with the Mainline Builds, both (during the splash screen or just as it was going off) flashed an acpi error message with something about an error in region.SM00. I didn't catch the rest as it went off too fast. If that doesn't help give any other clues, it look like I'll just have to get used to being careful when I'm on battery. But thanks for all the help and sorry for how long it took me to find time to do the bisection! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1194563 Title: No low battery notifications and no updated battery status (ACPI Errors Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: 1. I do not get warnings when the battery is low (laptop promptly shuts down). 2. Battery power level is not updated. using acpi the battery power shows the same level present when the laptop booted - it never updates (if booted at 98% it will show 98% until rebooted). 3. Battery status (on power vs on battery) functions sporadically. Often after an update the status will work for several boots but then stops working (icon only shows status when booted - ie, if cord plugged in, the status will not change to "on battery" if unplugged; it still shows that the laptop is plugged in. 4. In power settings, "Show battery status in the menu bar" is blank. I can select options from the dropdown menu but they are not retained (when I close and reopen the settings it is blank again). 5. Went to gconf-editor apps > gnome-power-manager and noticed that there is no "notify" folder/keys. 6. Noticed that there is no gnome-power-manager.desktop in /etc/xdg/autostart/ (wanted to add it to autostart to see if that would help). I have tried using synaptic to reinstall gnome-power- manager but it didn't help. Currently, my status (icon changes to battery/plugged in) and acpi output is: Battery 0: Unknown, 98% (plugged in) Battery 0: Discharging, 72%, 00:59:42 remaining (on battery) I have also added my dmesg outputs for on battery and on power (attached). The laptop is an MSI-171F. I have tried blacklisting msi-wmi in modprobe.d/blacklist.conf (didn't help). Also noticed that etc/acpi has sevearl asus*.sh files (touchpad, keyboard backlight) in the folder (could that be the problem) Note: I currently have Jupiter enabled but have disabled/uninstalled it before and it didn't seem to affect the behavior. --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.3 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: goonies 2074 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfae78000 irq 22' Mixer name : 'Nvidia MCP79/7A HDMI' Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,146271f0,00100101 HDA:10573055,00305557,00100900 HDA:10de0007,10de0101,00100100' Controls : 49 Simple ctrls : 25 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=09bc9ef7-ee94-4118-9e7a-62781fcbe7a5 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c018 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: Micro-Star International MS-171F MarkForUpload: True NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-34-generic root=UUID=61f0eab4-62c9-43d9-a603-4f283d1717de ro quiet splash acpi_enforce_resources=lax vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-34.55~precise1-generic 3.5.7.13 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-34-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-34-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79.4 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Tags: precise Uname: Linux 3.5.0-34-generic i686 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare dmi.bios.date: 12/05/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: A171FIZT V1.05 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-171F dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International dmi.board.version: Ver 1.000 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrA171FIZTV1.05:bd12/05/2008:svnMicro-StarInternational:pnMS-171F:pvrVer1.000:rvnMicro-StarInternational:rnMS-171F:rvrVer1.000:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct10:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: MS-171F dmi.product.version: Ver 1.000 dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1194563/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
