Re: Not Charging But On AC Power

2008-11-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,24.Nov.08, 16:22:49, Zaki Akhmad wrote: > # cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info > present: yes > design capacity: 4300 mAh > last full capacity: 2299 mAh This doesn't look good. On a healthy battery the "last full" should be much closer to "design" capacity. R

Re: Not Charging But On AC Power

2008-11-24 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Zaki Akhmad escreveu: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > >> Battery charging is done in hardware, the operating system does not >> interfere with that. >> > I want to check it. Validate with s/w. > Try letting the computer charge for a few hours, disconnec

Re: Not Charging But On AC Power

2008-11-24 Thread Zaki Akhmad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > Battery charging is done in hardware, the operating system does not > interfere with that. I want to check it. Validate with s/w. > Are there LEDs that indicate charging state in the la

Re: Not Charging But On AC Power

2008-11-24 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Zaki Akhmad escreveu: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi All, > > I am using Debian Testing on Toshiba Satellite L20. I am wondering, > why my laptop battery won't charging. The status is On AC Power. Is > there any tool/package from Debian to check my problem? > Battery c

Re: Not Charging But On AC Power

2008-11-24 Thread Zaki Akhmad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:28 PM, L Glidewell wrote: > > I think the simplest way to see if it's charging would be to run > cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state | grep remain > Make a note of the number, then run the same command a few moments later. If

Re: Not Charging But On AC Power

2008-11-23 Thread L Glidewell
On Sunday 23 November 2008 09:16:13 pm Zaki Akhmad wrote: > Hi All, > > I am using Debian Testing on Toshiba Satellite L20. I am wondering, > why my laptop battery won't charging. The status is On AC Power. Is > there any tool/package from Debian to check my problem? > > Thanks! > > -- > Zaki Akhma