On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 00:14:42 +0100 Martti Kühne <mysatyre@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 01:45:43PM -0800, Don Juan wrote: > > Battery 0: Discharging, 87%, 01:57:08 remaining > > > > That is all the output I get. Is there a file that is related to > > discharge rate some place I can not find? Is this rate built into > > the kernel? From what I read this is built in to the kernel but I am > > not sure I am grasping that. Am I chasing something that is moot to > > overall performance and stability of the laptop? Can I give any > > other info I am not thinking of sharing? Is this question that bad I > > get the silence? ;) > > > > well, back when I was using a laptop I used /proc/acpi/battery/BAT*/* where > a state file gave information in mAh about the full state and the present > state in which it is discharging. crafting a progressive algorithm that > dynamically averages battery usage and calculates a remaining time from it > shouldn't be that hard. > > I'm not really sure where the mechanism that is trying to calculate these > things for you is coming from, and myself would try to shut it down / see > myself to make things cope with strange data. How correct is the estimate you > get, anyway? > > On another notice, does the error make your cpu go crazy or something else > imminent like this? Because otherwise I wouldn't worry too much about it. > > cheers! > mar77i /proc ACPI entries have been deprecated. All files are now located in /sys/class/power_supply. The correctness of numbers in there depends on your BIOS and can be completely nonexistent... -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key ID: 164B5A6D Key fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D
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