The battery information is obviously only existent if there is a battery plugged into it. Power usage is only available if the laptop is running on battery. If /proc/acpi/battery does not exist, have a look at /sys/class/power_supply/...
Also, can you still post all logs I've requested? It helps me in verifying behavior. On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Wepmaschda <[email protected]> wrote: > Not on mine. ;-) > > > find /proc/ -iname "bat*" 2>/dev/null > > returns nothing and /proc/acpi/ only contains button, call and wakeup. > > > > 2012/1/7 Albert Vilella <[email protected]>: > > The battery information is usually somewhere in your /proc/ directory: > > > > find /proc/ -iname "bat*" 2>/dev/null > > > > gives me: > > > > /proc/acpi/battery > > /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0 > > > > cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state > > present: yes > > capacity state: ok > > charging state: discharging > > present rate: 24420 mW > > remaining capacity: 57150 mWh > > present voltage: 15499 mV > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Wepmaschda <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yipeee! It's working! > >> > >> The single-space was the problem (terminal attached). > >> > >> It seems that it gave me some extra battery time although I recently > >> found out, that my battery is broken and this is the main reason for > >> low battery time. ;-) > >> > >> Can I somehow find out how much power (Watt) the laptop currently uses? > >> > >> > >> Anyway - Thanks for the help and the good work! Keep it going - I look > >> forward to see the new bumblebee release and maybe I will try out > >> using the nvidia card in linux. ;-) > >> > >> > >> > >> 2012/1/7 Lekensteyn <[email protected]>: > >>> In addition, make sure that *no* driver is loaded before turning the > card > >>> off. Check it with > >>> lspci -vmk -d10de: > >>> If a driver is loaded, there is a "Driver: ..." line. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Lekensteyn <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Huh, that was not what I expected. Could you re-run the commands, but > then > >>>> add sudo cat /proc/acpi/call after each sudo tee /proc/acpi/call > command? > >>>> Please > >>>> attach dmesg as well and cat /proc/cmdline > >>>> > >>>> Try using one space as separator as well. When I tried multiple spaces > >>>> between > >>>> _DSM and the arguments, I got an "Method call failed: Error: > AE_SUPPORT" > >>>> error. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Lekensteyn > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> 2012/1/7 Wepmaschda <[email protected]> > >>>>> > >>>>> Since it seems that the test wasn't successful, I attached the whole > >>>>> terminal output. > >>>>> > >>>>> I installed the bumblebee-git and apci_call-git AUR packages, added > me > >>>>> to group bumblebee, restarted the system and tried the commands you > >>>>> told me. > >>>>> > >>>>> Is my system more complicated? ;-) > >>>>> > >>>>> 2012/1/5 Lekensteyn <[email protected]>: > >>>>> > I found the calls in the acpidump and could see on beforehand that > it > >>>>> > does > >>>>> > not work for > >>>>> > you since these kind of calls require additional treatment, namely > >>>>> > saving > >>>>> > and restoring > >>>>> > the PCI configuration space. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Please confirm (with PM disabled, but keep cardo{n,ff} scripts) > that > >>>>> > the > >>>>> > following sequence > >>>>> > does work (after making sure that you no acpi calls have been > performed > >>>>> > this > >>>>> > session, i.e. > >>>>> > by rebooting) > >>>>> > > >>>>> > # should not show FF FF FF ... > >>>>> > xxd -c4 /proc/bus/pci/01/00.0 > >>>>> > > >>>>> > cat /proc/bus/pci/01/00.0 > saved.txt > >>>>> > sudo tee /proc/acpi/call < /etc/bumblebee/cardoff > >>>>> > > >>>>> > # should show FF FF FF ... > >>>>> > xxd -c4 /proc/bus/pci/01/00.0 > >>>>> > sudo tee /proc/acpi/call < /etc/bumblebee/cardon > >>>>> > > >>>>> > # should not show FF FF FF ... > >>>>> > xxd -c4 /proc/bus/pci/01/00.0 > >>>>> > sudo tee /proc/bus/pci/01/00.0 < saved.txt > >>>>> > optirun glxgears > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Please attach the output of the above commands. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > Regards, > >>>>> > Lekensteyn > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Wepmaschda <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> 2012/1/4 Lekensteyn <[email protected]>: > >>>>> >> > Those ON and OFF lines are code that can be inserted in > >>>>> >> > /etc/bumblebee/cardon > >>>>> >> > and /etc/bumblebee/cardoff which needs Bumblebee. See > >>>>> >> > > https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/ACPI-Removed for > >>>>> >> > how > >>>>> >> > to > >>>>> >> > use those calls. Note that the card has to be on before > suspending > >>>>> >> > or > >>>>> >> > the > >>>>> >> > card > >>>>> >> > won't be useable until the PCI configuration space is > reinitialized. > >>>>> >> > Sorry > >>>>> >> > for the > >>>>> >> > technical details, I just try to be complete. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> I'm not sure if I already understand it completely. ;-) > >>>>> >> Did you find those calls out from the acpidump? Should they > already > >>>>> >> solve the problem? > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> I created the files cardon and cardoff with the one-lines but > "sudo > >>>>> >> make load" still doesn't work with the same error. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> Also I started Windows7 and used the nvidia card before I booted > back > >>>>> >> into archlinux before I tested this. So the card should have been > >>>>> >> "on". > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> Should it already work or can I help with some more > >>>>> >> information/testing? > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > I'll see if there is an automated way to detect this kind of > methods > >>>>> >> > and > >>>>> >> > integrate > >>>>> >> > it in bbswitch. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> If I can help with my hardware, just tell me. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > >> Post to : [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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