Paul Menzel wrote: > 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.
ok, can you charge it to full, unplug and redo the proc output? I'd like to see 'remaining capacity' show a meaningful number... Auke _______________________________________________ Power mailing list [email protected] http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power
