Am Montag, den 24.11.2008, 12:52 -0800 schrieb Kok, Auke: > 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: > > > /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:design capacity: 5200 mAh > > /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info:last full capacity: 100 mAh > > /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state:remaining capacity: 90 mAh > > I think powertop filters these obviously wrong numbers and it's likely that > the > '90 mAh' number doesn't change over time. > > since powertop makes estimates based on deltas, it can't computate anything > from this. > > Does that battery actually work reasonably long or is it dead?
Well I worked with it, i. e., power cable was *not* plugged in, for about 2 hours today. So I think it is not dead. Thanks, Paul
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