Dear Auke,
Am Montag, den 24.11.2008, 09:26 -0800 schrieb Kok, Auke: > Nathan Coulson wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Paul Menzel > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Dear Michael, > >> (I am also answering to the list.) > >> > >> > >> thank you for your answer. > >> > >> Am Sonntag, den 23.11.2008, 16:23 +0100 schrieb Michael Gaber: > >> > >>> Paul Menzel schrieb: > >>>> [snip] > >>>> 1. Hmm, I do not know why the output no ACPI power usage estimate > >>>> available. It was shown before dumping. It was between 0,1 and 0,4 > >>>> Watts. Running PowerTOP it is also not shown. Strange … > >>> perhaps because you're testing it while being plugged in? > >>> acpi power estimate is only available when running on battery > >> No. The cable was not plugged in. And as I said, before the dump it was > >> shown. > > > > I have never seen any power estimates in powertop the whole time I > > have experimented with it, and I have never heard of anyone else > > getting estimates before either. I just assumed it was not possible. > > This feature works based on the battery charge level and the code has been > working > on my laptop since the beginning. Recently we found out that some batteries > (drivers?) report their charge levels differently which broke the ability for > powertop to calculate estimates, and I have gotten one patch for that to fix > this > for PPC systems. > > It's possible that the proc data for your system is ordered differently. Can > you > send me the output of the following command, while unplugged from AC? > > grep -r . /proc/acpi/battery > > maybe that will show me enough information to figure out what's wrong with > that code. Here you go. $ grep -r . /proc/acpi/battery /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/alarm:alarm: unsupported /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state:present: yes /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state:capacity state: ok /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state:charging state: discharging /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state:present rate: unknown /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state:remaining capacity: 90 mAh /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state:present voltage: 8190 mV /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:present: yes /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:design capacity: 5200 mAh /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:last full capacity: 100 mAh /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:battery technology: rechargeable /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:design voltage: 8400 mV /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:design capacity warning: 10 mAh /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:design capacity low: 5 mAh /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:capacity granularity 1: 52 mAh /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:capacity granularity 2: 52 mAh /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:model number: 701 /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:serial number: /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:battery type: LION /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:OEM info: ASUS Thanks, Paul
signature.asc
Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
_______________________________________________ Power mailing list [email protected] http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power
