Kok, Auke schrieb: > Paul Menzel wrote: >> 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 > > this seems to make sense now, it looks like your battery is dead: well i know some sony notebook whose battery reports itself as a "non rechargeable battery"
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