I have owned both an Eee PC 701 (4GB) and the later Eee PC 900 16. I have run Ubuntu, in various formats (Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, etc) from 8.04 to 10.04, and the problem persists in each version and on both machines. It has been explained that this is an Asus based problem, either with BIOS or something else.
So, my question is this... My Eee PC 701 came from the factory loaded with Xandros Linux, and my Eee PC 900 16 came loaded with Microsoft Windows XP. Neither of these two systems, one being Linux-based, had this problem. Why can't Debian/Ubuntu see the battery correctly, but Xandros Linux (and Windows XP) can? -- 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/403303 Title: power manager reports 1% battery even though it is full on Asus Eee PC netbook Status in DeviceKit based power management D-Bus backend: Unknown Status in “devicekit-power” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager after logging in, I see a dialog box that says my battery may be broken and that it only has 1% charge, yet it's been plugged in for a long time, and the battery meter shows that it's full. Will post screenshot. The netbook I'm running this on is an Eee900, and this is on the A3 release of karmic UNR. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Jul 22 22:08:05 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Package: gnome-power-manager 2.27.2-0ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-3.19-generic SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager Tags: ubuntu-unr Uname: Linux 2.6.31-3-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/devicekit-power/+bug/403303/+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