Hello, Did u install debian 6? Normally while installing debian 6, it should have prompted u to install a "laptop version".
If u installed debian 5, the installer should have automatically run the "laptop detect".. Dell has an integrated diagnostic utility, try to interrupt the self power on bios test & see if u can see something like press "F1" F9" for diagnostics.. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: Peter Rapisarda <peter.rapisa...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 11:38:40 To: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org> Subject: The battery cannot be identified. Hello all, I am a student who is just learning LINUX for the first time so I basically have NO idea what I'm doing so please be patient with me. In an attempted to complement my studying I decided to resurrect an old laptop which is a Dell Inspiron 2200 with a Intel Celeron M processor. The hard drive had gone bad so I replaced it and purched a verison of debian off of OSDisc.com and used that to install debian on my "new" system. Everything works great except when I start up the computer i get a message that says: Time-of-day not set - please run SETUP program WARNING: The battery cannot be identified. This system will be unable to charge this battery... Is this a problem with the battery itself, or did I install something incorrectly maybe? If I leave the laptop plugged in it works like a charm, but the second I take the plug out of the wall (even with the battery inserted into the laptop) it shuts off. As you can imagine this is extremely annooying and I have no idea what to do. I don't want to go out and purchase a new battery until I'm sure that's the issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -Pete
