2008/11/12 Alastair Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Joachim Ott wrote: > > 2008/11/12 Alastair Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > > > It should be possible to charge the 'dead' battery. Boot with the > > working one, attach the mains charger or USB so you have external > power > > to keep it going, then pull the working battery and insert the 'dead' > > one. It should be detected and start charging, and you should be able > to > > monitor its progress using the usual /sys entries: > > > > > > I tried this once more. I wouldn't charge. I started this around 12:45, > > went off to another room around 13:10, when I came back at 13:30 the FR > > was dead, no flashing LED this time, and no messages on the screen. > > And what do the /sys entries I linked to the details of say? They'll > show what the power management unit and battery coulomb counter are > reporting about the charging process, such as current going into the > battery, or whether the coulomb counter is no longer talking.
This is the good battery (uvent): POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=bat POWER_SUPPLY_TYPE=Battery POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Charging POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=4006000 POWER_SUPPLY_CURRENT_NOW=-163312 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=1124728 POWER_SUPPLY_TEMP=301 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1 POWER_SUPPLY_TIME_TO_EMPTY_NOW=3932100 POWER_SUPPLY_TIME_TO_FULL_NOW=8460 POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY=78 POWER_SUPPLY_ONLINE=1 The bad bat: POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=bat POWER_SUPPLY_TYPE=Battery POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Charging POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=3740000 POWER_SUPPLY_CURRENT_NOW=-302062 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=1039048 POWER_SUPPLY_TEMP=268 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1 POWER_SUPPLY_TIME_TO_EMPTY_NOW=3932100 POWER_SUPPLY_TIME_TO_FULL_NOW=17100 POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY=12 POWER_SUPPLY_ONLINE=1 And now it looks like it's charging again (/proc/apm): 1.13 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x03 0x03 13% 288 min This is different from this afternoon. Did it just need a rest?
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