Hi everyone. First of all, my computer is a Toshiba Satellite L750 with Windows 7 and Ununtu 10.04 (up to date).
I followed the steps described by tuxsage and it works fine, but only with ubuntu 10.04. After some tries with some linux distributions I understand that it is a problem of the kernel, as it is common for all the distributions I tried on this laptop (I don't know if this affects to other models) I also tried this solution using Debian 6.0.4 and the result was that the kernel detects the battery but when it is not connected to AC power the brightness goes down so it is impossible to see the screen and there is no way to increase it. I need to restart the computer after that. Ubuntu 10.04 works fine with the solution provided by Tuxsage but when I put the system in suspend mode, I cannot restart it. The keyboard is blocked and there is no way of knowing what is happening. The worst of it is that linux users have to words like Tuxage says: "The cause of issue is because Toshiba included two sets of boot data that tell the OS what hardware exists in the machine. Windows reads the correct one whereas Linux doesn’t. " This is a message to all the people working in the kernel of linux. How is is possible that kwnowing the source of the problem this issue is not solved yet? Please, forgive me if I am so severe with my words, but if we want to win the market share against other operatin systems this kind of issues need to be solved as soon as possible (reported several years ago, please correct me if I am wrong). The user should be able to install any distribution of linux whit no "aesthetic" issues like this one. Linux shoul be (as far as possible) install and use it. I am at your dispossal for any help, but I am a common user, no thecnical skill. I hope that my comment helps linux to be stronger. Regards. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/703302 Title: Toshiba Laptop battery not being detected Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Fedora: New Bug description: I am using Toshiba L650 X5310 laptop and noticed that its not detecting battery and hence hibernate function is not available and its not able to show the battery status. I searched and found that a lot of people are experiencing the same problem, since this needs a kernel level fix, no resolutions/wordarounds are posted anywhere. I have tried many Ubuntu versions (old and new) and all of them posses the same issue. I have even tried several other distros(Centos/Mandriva/OpenSuse) but results were the same. Here is the demsg root@me-Satellite-L650:~# dmesg | grep batt [ 0.974257] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery absent) root@me-Satellite-L650:~# acpi -V Adapter 0: on-line Cooling 0: LCD 0 of 7 Cooling 1: Processor 0 of 10 Cooling 2: Processor 0 of 10 Cooling 3: Processor 0 of 10 Cooling 4: Processor 0 of 10 The Laptop runs without AC power supply, it means battery is able to power-up the laptop but it does it show a status. My BIOS has been updated to the very latest version and all packages are up to-date. root@me-L650:~# cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 10.10 \n \l Additional informations has been attached with this report. *uname -a --> Linux me-Satellite-L650 2.6.35-24-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 2 02:41:37 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux *cat /proc/version_signature --> Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8 *dmesg has been attached as a file ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: linux-image-2.6.35-24-generic 2.6.35-24.42 Regression: No Reproducible: Yes ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: efheem 1796 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: efheem 1796 F...m pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd6100000 irq 45' Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20585' Components : 'HDA:14f15069,1179fd50,00100302' Controls : 6 Simple ctrls : 4 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xd6020000 irq 46' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Sat Jan 15 21:01:30 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite L650 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root=UUID=fbdfde89-6a3c-44a3-9de3-e24548ce1222 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux WifiSyslog: dmi.bios.date: 09/15/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE dmi.bios.version: 1.70 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Base Board Product Name dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: OEM Chassis Manufacturer dmi.chassis.version: OEM Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvr1.70:bd09/15/2010:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteL650:pvrPSK2GG-00G001:rvnIntelCorp.:rnBaseBoardProductName:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnOEMChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrOEMChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: Satellite L650 dmi.product.version: PSK2GG-00G001 dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/703302/+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
