On Sat 25 Mar 2017 at 13:42:11 (-0300), Daniel Bareiro wrote: > Hi all! > > Last night, when I was going to close my notebook (with Jessie), I > unplugged the charger cable waiting for the notebook to automatically go > to sleep mode and surprisingly it turned off. It was a bit late so I > left the issue to check it out today. > > I re-plugged the charger cable and KDE displays a message saying > "Charging ..." but the charge level does not exceed 38%. > > Some observations: > > * If I unplug the charger, the notebook turns off. I would expect it to > not turn off if the battery has a 38% charge. > > * When I plug in the charger, I notice that the battery LED blinks green > for a few seconds (as if it was charging), then blinks orange for a > moment (as if the battery is low) and finally it goes out (as if it were > already loaded). > > * If with the cable plugged in I go to the KDE option to sleep the > notebook, it works. But as soon as I disconnect the cable, the notebook > turns off. > > Maybe it's a problem with the battery? Can you think of any other tests > I can do to identify the source of the problem?
Sounds like the battery has lost one of more of its cells. A charge of 38% is not bad in itself, but if the voltage isn't there, the computer won't run. Do you have a file along the lines of /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/uevent that has more information in it than just the charge numbers? Cheers, David.
