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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 WORKAROUND: http://techinterplay.com/fix-toshiba-battery-issue- linux.html 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 --- ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: faheem 2128 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: faheem 2128 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-01-26 (379 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite L650 MarkForUpload: True NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-22-generic root=UUID=de5763bc-5fcd-4d9b-8e36-3903c487f782 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-22.34-generic 3.5.7.2 RfKill: 0: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Tags: quantal running-unity Uname: Linux 3.5.0-22-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (112 days ago) UserGroups: 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 - --- - ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 - Architecture: amd64 - AudioDevicesInUse: - USER PID ACCESS COMMAND - /dev/snd/controlC1: faheem 1889 F.... pulseaudio - /dev/snd/controlC0: faheem 1889 F.... pulseaudio - /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: faheem 1889 F...m pulseaudio - CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. - CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 - InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-01-26 (401 days ago) - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) - MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite L650 - MarkForUpload: True - NonfreeKernelModules: wl - Package: linux (not installed) - ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb - ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic root=UUID=de5763bc-5fcd-4d9b-8e36-3903c487f782 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash vt.handoff=7 - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35-generic 3.5.7.2 - Tags: quantal running-unity - Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64 - UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (133 days ago) - UserGroups: - - WifiSyslog: - - dmi.bios.date: 07/03/2012 - dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE - dmi.bios.version: 2.80 - 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:bvr2.80:bd07/03/2012:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteL650:pvrPSK2GG-00G001:rvnIntelCorp.:rnBaseBoardProductName:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnOEMChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrOEMChassisVersion: - dmi.product.name: Satellite L650 - dmi.product.version: PSK2GG-00G001 - dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/703302 Title: [Toshiba Satellite L650 X5310] battery not being detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/703302/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs