On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Don Juan <donjuansjiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > do you know if changing the numbers in say VOLTAGE_NOW to match min on > mine would do anything? I know I can just try but is there something bad > that could happen? At least you have the same kernel message as me and > basically the same laptop as me. I wish I could get mine to charge that > close to full again while using Arch. > > Thanks for posting that though makes me feel better > I honestly don't know enough to say. I've never bothered with the battery life (I'm almost always plugged in), so this is an area I've never researched. I did experiment a little with unplugging and seeing what happens, all of these were run immediately after one another, immediately after unplugging the power: [✍] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1 $ cat uevent POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=BAT1 POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Discharging POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion POWER_SUPPLY_CYCLE_COUNT=0 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN=12500000 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=12326000 POWER_SUPPLY_CURRENT_NOW=2340000 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN=8000000 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=7245000 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_NOW=7135000 POWER_SUPPLY_MODEL_NAME=NS2P3SZNJ5WR POWER_SUPPLY_MANUFACTURER=SANYO POWER_SUPPLY_SERIAL_NUMBER=134 [✍] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1 $ cat uevent POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=BAT1 POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Discharging POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion POWER_SUPPLY_CYCLE_COUNT=0 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN=12500000 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=12319000 POWER_SUPPLY_CURRENT_NOW=2317000 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN=8000000 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=7245000 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_NOW=7131000 POWER_SUPPLY_MODEL_NAME=NS2P3SZNJ5WR POWER_SUPPLY_MANUFACTURER=SANYO POWER_SUPPLY_SERIAL_NUMBER=134 [✍] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1 $ cat uevent POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=BAT1 POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Discharging POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion POWER_SUPPLY_CYCLE_COUNT=0 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN=12500000 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=12321000 POWER_SUPPLY_CURRENT_NOW=2442000 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN=8000000 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=7245000 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_NOW=7127000 POWER_SUPPLY_MODEL_NAME=NS2P3SZNJ5WR POWER_SUPPLY_MANUFACTURER=SANYO POWER_SUPPLY_SERIAL_NUMBER=134 [✍] /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1 $ cat uevent POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=BAT1 POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Discharging POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion POWER_SUPPLY_CYCLE_COUNT=0 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN=12500000 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=12315000 POWER_SUPPLY_CURRENT_NOW=2374000 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN=8000000 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=7245000 POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_NOW=7119000 POWER_SUPPLY_MODEL_NAME=NS2P3SZNJ5WR POWER_SUPPLY_MANUFACTURER=SANYO POWER_SUPPLY_SERIAL_NUMBER=134
