Hi, sorry for long delay
phillw@piglet:~$ acpi -V The program 'acpi' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install acpi phillw@piglet:~$ sudo apt-get install acpi [sudo] password for phillw: I now have it and will test over the coming week :) Battery 0: Full, 100% Battery 0: design capacity 4400 mAh, last full capacity 3650 mAh = 82% Adapter 0: on-line Regards, Phill. On 19 November 2013 07:21, Lars Noodén <lars.noo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/18/2013 11:10 PM, Lars Noodén wrote: > > On 11/18/2013 11:07 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > >> > >> On 18 November 2013 20:53, Lars Noodén <lars.noo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Is Lubuntu safe for laptop batteries? I got a notice a while ago that > >>> the battery was charging even though it hadn't been unplugged today. I > >>> also notice that the battery icon went from fully charged (96%) down to > >>> (95%) > >>> > >>> Loading acpi and running 'acpi -V' I see that capacity went from 5040 > to > >>> 5039 during the last hour or two: > >>> > >>> Battery 0: design capacity 5573 mAh, last full capacity 5040 mAh = 90% > >>> > >>> Battery 0: design capacity 5573 mAh, last full capacity 5039 mAh = 90% > >>> > >>> Is there any way to check up on this? Is Unity safer? > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> /Lars > >>> > >> Hi Lars, > >> > >> mine doesn't spend too long unplugged from the power. But when I do run > it > >> on battery it behaves as expected. I do have a nearly new battery in > >> piglet, as the other couldn't hold a charge (it was a mis-used windows > >> machine in its previous life). I've certainly no problems getting an > hour > >> out of running at full power (no dim screen etc). > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Phill. > >> > >> > > Ok. Thanks. I've added some logging to watch things as well. > > > > However, when running off battery, it really goes quickly. I get > > somewhere between 2 and 3 hours, so less than half OS X on the same > > hardware. > > > > Regards, > > /Lars > > What about when it plugged in? Does "last full capacity" hold steady > day or decline over the day(s) ? > > Mine's now down today from yesterday. > > Battery 0: design capacity 5513 mAh, last full capacity 4984 mAh = 90% > > That is an excertp from "acpi -V" > > Regards, > /Lars > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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