I am running linuxmint 16 release candidate (so based on ubuntu 13.10) and have the battery issue. When running at 100% charged with power supply connected it shows as 0% charged. Looks like incorrect figures in /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0 maybe.
My laptop is Compaq Presario C740. I dont think its really a BIOS issue per se, after all it worked fine in linuxmint 14 and 15. Its sounds like the the kernel (maybe) is not reading the battery state correctly for some reason. Regards, Scott -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to upower in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1088146 Title: Asus n56vz battery state is wrong or battery not charging at all. Status in “upower” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have an ASUS N56VZ notebook. There are some bugs I have mentioned and they are known on ubuntu forums. Sometimes I am getting strange results in battery power state, that are not even close to be accurate. So bugs are: 1) Then I am turning on the notebok with not enough power (3% for example) the fan is going to it`s full speed (no CPU loading at all) and the power indicator shows that power is insufficient. Plugging the power adapter didn`t solved the problem - it was not charging and notebook soon turns off. 2) As I described above, I can`t feed the notebook sometimes (especially on low battery level). 3) I am getting the strange battery state result: sometimes it looks, that it`s charging very slow. Am am working about a hour and my power level just rised from 30 minutes to 40 minutes. 4) I am not sure about this bug, may be it`s a hardware one, but then I turned notebook off with plugged in power adapter, it was not charged at all for the whole night! http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2084696 - here is a proof, that I am not alone ))) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: upower 0.9.17-1build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-19.30-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Dec 9 13:18:17 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/upower/upowerd InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-30 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: SourcePackage: upower UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upower/+bug/1088146/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
