As the original reporter I want to apologise to all of the affected people here - I was not aware that my comment that I don't own the hardware anymore will result in the bug being closed as "won't fix".
Hopefully the patch will make it to the kernel and the fix will reach Ubuntu anyway. If not then I can offer this: If anyone with the NP900X3B laptop is willing to test actually the latest builds mentioned in Christopher M. Penalver comment #139 then I can claim to the Ubuntu folks that I reclaimed my laptop from my daughter and confirm the bug again. ;-) Regards, Erik -- 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/971061 Title: acpi reports battery state incorrectly Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: I have a new Samsung 9-series laptop (NP900X3B) and the battery state is detected incorrectly. Basically the state what was at the time of boot stays active all the time - regardless of the ac-adapter state. Here is output from "acpitool -a -b" in various situations: When booted with charger connected and charger is still connected: Battery #1 : charging, 47.00%, 01:00:43 AC adapter : on-line When booted with charger connected and charger is now disconnected: Battery #1 : charging, 47.00%, 01:36:59 AC adapter : off-line [The battery couldn't possibly be charging when the AC adapter is offline!] When booted with charger disconnected and charger is still disconnected: Battery #1 : discharging, 47.00%, 01:39:44 AC adapter : off-line When booted with charger disconnected and charger is now connected: Battery #1 : discharging, 47.00%, 00:53:43 AC adapter : on-line [The battery is actually charging as the AC adapter is online] The percentage and time are correctly updated when the battery is actually charging or discharging - regardless of the reported state. So the state is the only thing that is incorrect. However a number of applications make their decisions based on this state (battery monitor, jupiter, etc.) and therefore behave incorrectly. "lshal -m" doesn't report anything when I plug the charger in or out. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: acpi (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Apr 1 22:50:35 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: acpi UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/971061/+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
