Public bug reported: :~$ acpi -abi Battery 0: Charging, 9%, charging at zero rate - will never fully charge. Battery 0: design capacity 42180 mWh, last full capacity 29050 mWh = 68% Adapter 0: on-line
Similar to Question #210041, I could charge my battery with Windows 7, and cannot charge my battery with Linux. I wiped the Windows partition for more HD space, and hope posting this bug will lead to a simple strategy to charge my battery. What am I missing to charge it again? Information to help the process is listed below. :~$ dmesg | grep Sony DMI: Sony Corporation VPCEB13FX/VAIO, BIOS R0230Y8 01/26/2010 Also, would someone post the steps to update the BIOS from an .exe? (this may improve fan performance, while not solving the battery charging issue in linux) http://esupport.sony.com/US/p/swu-download.pl?mdl=VPCEB13FX&upd_id=5961&os_group_id=6 :~$ lsb_release -a Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise :~$ uname -a Linux toddh 3.9.0-030900rc6-generic #201304080035 SMP Mon Apr 8 04:36:25 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Trouble-shooting included using an upstream kernel from: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.9-rc6-raring/ Afterwards, /proc/acpi/ was different, and is reflected in an attached tarball (/proc/acpi/event/ directory busy during copy and not included). :~$ upower --monitor-detail: battery present: yes rechargeable: yes state: charging energy: 2.9 Wh energy-empty: 0 Wh energy-full: 29.05 Wh energy-full-design: 42.18 Wh energy-rate: 0 W percentage: 9.98279% capacity: 68.8715% technology: lithium-ion History (charge): 1366139198 9.983 charging 1366139198 0.000 unknown History (rate): 1366139198 0.000 unknown After dpkg (via synaptic) to remove the mainline kernels, and sudo update-grub: :~$ uname -a Linux toddh 3.2.0-40-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 25 21:22:10 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I'd expect the battery to start recharging again when the issue is resolved. Finally, could any of these bugs be related? Battery charging status is not recognized https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi/+bug/1027798 acpi reports battery state incorrectly https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi/+bug/971061 Wrong values for battery charge rate and design capacity https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/820295 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-40-generic 3.2.0-40.64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-40.64-generic 3.2.40 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-40-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: todd 2379 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6000000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI' Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,104d4600,00100004 HDA:80862804,104d4600,00100000' Controls : 24 Simple ctrls : 11 CurrentDmesg: [ 40.443109] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present Date: Tue Apr 16 14:51:23 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d901bc0d-a953-4557-8bc0-80915c834c5e InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:6409 Microdia Webcam MachineType: Sony Corporation VPCEB13FX MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-40-generic root=UUID=b354f427-b510-4fc8-9cbb-3cb36bb39c5b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-40-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-40-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79.1 SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: mei UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/26/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: R0230Y8 dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A dmi.board.name: VAIO dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.board.version: N/A dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR0230Y8:bd01/26/2010:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCEB13FX:pvrC6044WQW:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: VPCEB13FX dmi.product.version: C6044WQW dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity staging ** Attachment added: "acpi folder with mainline-v3.9-rc6raring kernel" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1169727/+attachment/3645904/+files/acpi.tar.bz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1169727 Title: Battery charging at zero rate - will never fully charge To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1169727/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
