Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In battery mode every time the charge percentage reaches >> 35-38 % the level falls to 0% (and pbbuttonsd suspend the machine). >> I've seen the same behaviour in the battery leds (they pass from 2 leds >> to 1 when you check). >> >> Do you think it's an hardware problem (bad battery) or a configuration >> error? > > Hardware problem - google for hints on 'recalibrating' the battery. I'd > start with disabling pbbuttonsd (or at least its power management > functionality) and let the battery run down all the way (with filesystems > remounted read-only, preferably). If it's anything like my old battery
I do the same. In the past I can see some approvements of the charge level. > it'll run happily for half an hour on 0% before shutting down. Next Or 20 minutes under heavy load (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null). > startup the battery should show a more correct capacity. > > A PMU reset might be another thing to try. How can I do this? Jörg. -- Hügelschäfer's Law (http://www.bruhaha.de/laws.html): Beiträge werden dort gepostet, wo sie den größten Widerstand hervorrufen.
