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

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