Which kernel version is in use? Same bug can be observed on ZBook 17 G5, but mainline kernel fixes it. Haven't found time do bisection though.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1813496 Title: powertop does not accurately determine battery discharge rate on HP Elitebook 850 G5 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in powertop package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: ### Summary: powertop does not accurately determine battery discharge rate on HP Elitebook 850 G5 ### ### Description ### On an HP Elitebook 850 G5 running Ubuntu 18.10 powertop does not accurately report the battery discharge rate. The reported discharge rate & estimated remaining time are always impossibly low / high respectively. See example snippet from powertop header below. ### Configuration ### HP Elitebook 850 G5 Ubunutu 18.10, 4.18.0-13-generic powertop v2.9 tlp w/default settings ### Example ### The battery reports a discharge rate of 366 mW The power consumed was 0.00 J The estimated remaining time is 49 hours, 2 minutes ### Package Version ### powertop: Installed: 2.9-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 2.9-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 2.9-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ### Steps to Reproduce ### 1. Install Ubuntu 18.10 on HP Elitebook 850 G5 2. Install tlp from repos 3. Install powertop from repos 4. Run powertop while running on battery 5. Examine header info while in the Overview tab To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1813496/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
