Public bug reported: The statistics for "capacity" and "rate" provided by /proc/acpi/battery/${BATTERY}/info and /proc/acpi/battery/${BATTERY}/state are in mWh and mW, respectively.
The correct units should be mAh and mA. output of uname -rvs: Linux 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 output of cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info: present: yes design capacity: 64500 mWh last full capacity: 22785 mWh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 14800 mV design capacity warning: 6450 mWh design capacity low: 3225 mWh capacity granularity 1: 645 mWh capacity granularity 2: 645 mWh model number: M7V2P-E serial number: battery type: LIon OEM info: ASUSTEK output of cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info: present: yes capacity state: critical charging state: charging present rate: 26700 mW remaining capacity: 4215 mWh present voltage: 16142 mV ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Battery info uses wrong units https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133479 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs