Stuart wrote: > This is all very interesting. I installed B93 earlier this week on my > son's IBM R52 laptop and noticed the battery monitor incorrectly > displayed the amount of remaining battery time left. I don't have the > laptop with me so I can't remove the battery to see how quickly the > battery monitor detects the battery status.
Try the fix for 6723556 gnome does not track changes in battery level http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/windmill/acpi/ > > On my Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 I am running the Solaris 10 with the > battery monitor, wificonfig and inetmenu packages installed from > OpenSolaris. When I remove my battery the charge monitor detects it > almost immediately. The same is true when I reinsert the battery. The > battery monitor is 'Battery Charge Monitor 2.6.1'. However, running > 'modinfo | grep battery' returns nothing. I see the battery driver > located in /kernel/drv but it does not appear to be loaded. Thinking > about the issues you are having with your battery monitor, I wonder if > there is a setting in the BIOS that could be affecting the the battery > driver's ability to continuously monitor the battery. I think you've installed acpidrv which is different from what's in the current NV builds. Phi > > My laptop does not accurately display the remaining battery life but it > is very close. The BIOS includes a battery calibration tool, which > should be run as the battery ages. I haven't run it for at least two > years so I expect my battery monitor to be somewhat inaccurate. > > I will try to perform a battery removal test on the IBM R52 tomorrow and > write back with the results. > > > -Stuart > > Dr. David Kirkby wrote: >>> David, >>> >>> So the new hald binary fixed your battery monitor >>> issues? >>> >> >> Some of them. I still have two issues. >> >> 1) It is very slow to detect changes. Under Vista, the removal of a battery >> or mains power is detect immediately. It takes about 30s on here. Your >> 'evprint' program sees the changes immediatly, but the monitor on gnome does >> not. >> >> 2) The monitor does not detect the battery being removed, so it will >> indicate the battery is 75% charged (or whatever figure it last was), hours >> after the battery has been removed. >> >> Some time back, before the issue of panics or the monitor not working at >> all, I did notice the monitor would indicate the battery had only one minute >> left, but the laptop would run for perhaps 10 minutes before it powered off. >> Is there some sort of "safety factor" which is a bit too pessimistic? >> >>> hal cannot cause a panic. Do you have the stack >>> trace? >>> >>> Phi >>> >> >> I was not suggesting hal was the source of the panic. There was another >> thread (or perhaps this one in the numerous places it has been split), where >> someone was asking if really the acpi issue was really masking some other >> issue which was affecting Sony laptops. >> >> I've got no record of the issue under b93. It just paniced a couple of >> times, I re-wrote the DVD and it worked. >> >> Dave >> >> >> This message posted from opensolaris.org >> _______________________________________________ >> laptop-discuss mailing list >> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >> >> >> > > -- > This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the > designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient > of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, > distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This > communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as > an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any product or > service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official > statement of MarketData Information Systems Corporation. Email transmission > cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not > represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be > relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org
