Am Montag, den 24.11.2008, 13:32 -0800 schrieb Kok, Auke:
> Paul Menzel wrote:
> > Am Montag, den 24.11.2008, 12:52 -0800 schrieb Kok, Auke:
> >> Paul Menzel wrote:
> >>> 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...

Sorry for the delay. 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:      100 mAh
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state:present voltage:         8262 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

It looks like it is using percentage instead of absolute values. My
guess it I could only see the estimates, when it changed one percent.

Maybe [1] is interesting for you too.


Thanks,

Paul


[1] 
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-eeepc-devel/2008-October/001477.html

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