[Bug 860427] Re: Oneiric displays 'Laptop battery critically low' message after AC is unplugged when 'charged' shown on battery indicator

Dell Mini 9 users, what firmware versions are you running? Mine is A04. Is anyone running the most recent (A07, May 2011)? Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/860427 Title:

[Bug 860427] Re: Oneiric displays 'Laptop battery critically low' message after AC is unplugged when 'charged' shown on battery indicator

BIOS A05 in particular is reputed to fix many battery problems. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/860427 Title: Oneiric displays 'Laptop battery critically low' message after AC is

[Bug 860427] Re: Oneiric displays 'Laptop battery critically low' message after AC is unplugged when 'charged' shown on battery indicator

I finally found a workaround in this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org//showthread.php?t=1866533 . Specifically, $ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power 'use-time-for- policy' 'false' made it possible to run my netbook for several minutes without AC (I didn't bother trying longer),

[Bug 860427] Re: Oneiric displays 'Laptop battery critically low' message after AC is unplugged when 'charged' shown on battery indicator

Bishnu, thanks for the suggestion. Your workaround didn't work for me, whether my netbook was configured to hibernate or shut down on low power. (Dell Inspiron 910 / Dell Mini 9.) The system powered down within 30 seconds even when I closed the pop up with the cross button. I'm glad someone has

[Bug 860427] Re: Oneiric displays 'Laptop battery critically low' message after AC is unplugged when 'charged' shown on battery indicator

Possible workaround: I tested 10.04 LTS and it is indeed free of this bug. Creating a dual-boot 11.10/10.04 machine is an option. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/860427 Title: Oneiric

[Bug 860427] Re: Oneiric displays 'Laptop battery critically low' message after AC is unplugged when 'charged' shown on battery indicator

The problem affects me gravely enough that I'm planning to downgrade to 10.04 unless this issue is elevated. It's difficult to credit that a bug that turns laptops into desktops has been assigned an importance of Low. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 860427] Re: Oneiric displays 'Laptop battery critically low' message after AC is unplugged when 'charged' shown on battery indicator

My problem is also on a Dell Mini 9 with 11.10. There is a command-line workaround at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1721757, but I have found it only works intermittently. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.