[Although laptop-related, it is not debian-specific. But you're a
helpful lot, aren't you? :-) ]
I'm suspecting that the batteries in my laptop are getting old - or that
something is buggy in hardware / bios.
Reason: The batteries charge in a odd way: They will charge (eventually)
to anything between 35% and 65% (40 in the example below) and then
*suddenly* become 100% full !?
Discharging is a bit odd too - they will go seemingly linearly from 100%
to anything between 80% and 50% (~70% in example below) and then drop
quite steeply.
[feel free to snip the graph in replies]
%Full
100 +++-+----------+-+--+---------+--+-+**********--+-+----------++ 100
| + + * *** +|
+ * *** |
| * **** |
80 ++..................................*...............***......++ 80
| * **** |
+ * *** |
| * * |
60 ++..................................*......................**++ 60
| * * |
+ * * |
| * * |
40 ++...................****************.......................*++ 40
| ********* * |
+ ***** *|
| **** *|
20 ++.***.......................................................*+ 20
|*** *|
** **
| + + + *|
0 +++-+----------+-+--+---------+--+-+---------+--+-+----------++ 0
10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00
So: Is this the signs of an ageing battery? Or buggy BIOS? Flaky
charger? My mental state?
System info: [DH]ell Inspiron 4000, BIOS A16, kernel 2.4.18 with apm,
Li-ion batteries
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Karl E. Jørgensen
karl@jorgensen.com
www.karl.jorgensen.com
I'm currently out trying to find myself. If I should get back before I
return, please keep me here.
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