Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-applets
Hello, There is a bit of a problem with the battery applet. I am using Feisty with all the updates, and a Lenovo V100 laptop. The problem is especially there at the beginning. After a while, things get better. However, it takes a little too long. This is a table of what the monitor tells me. At this point, the machine had been running for about 15 minutes (and the "battery left" was just silly to start with, but that's OK). Here we go: Time - Battery left 5:20PM - 1.54 5:21PM - 1.48 5:25PM - 1.35 5:30PM - 1.28 5:40PM - 1.15 5:45PM - 1.09 5:50PM - 1.04 5:55PM - 1.00 6.00PM - 0.56 6.05PM - 0.50 As you can see, it only starts telling the truth after about 35 minutes (that's 15 minutes before I started logging, plus 20 minutes after starting logging). The computer was used the same way throughout these measurements: light internet browsing, etc. The fan turned itself on every now and again throughout the testing. PLEASE NOTE that I am in Australia, it's summer and it's bloody hot here. This is the output of cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/* alarm: unsupported present: yes design capacity: 28080 mWh last full capacity: 28760 mWh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 10800 mV design capacity warning: 1435 mWh design capacity low: 861 mWh capacity granularity 1: 574 mWh capacity granularity 2: 27325 mWh model number: LNV-92P1216 serial number: 2744 battery type: LION OEM info: 06 present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: discharging present rate: 16286 mW remaining capacity: 14980 mWh present voltage: 11186 mV (Taken at 6:00PM) The output of lshal is attached. I know I might be knit picking, but really, 40 minutes to have a realistic estimate really is a little bit much. I hope this helps. I am here if you need me to test it more - I am more than willing to keep track of what the estimates are every 10 minutes. Bye! Merc. ** Affects: gnome-applets (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Battery Monitor -- time remaining estimates incorrect to start with https://launchpad.net/bugs/77104 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs