Description of problem: On my Dell D630, I have the standard battery as well as the Media bay battery. Just being using it on F11, and noticed a slight annoyance. The battery status is only for one battery, whilst the other shows as being connected to the mains (when it isn't). When the first battery is about to be depleted, lots of the 'Battery about to run out' prompts are presented to the user, until that battery fully empties, and then a 'Battery full' message is presented and normality restored. So there are two faults really. 1) the user is alerts, in error. So much as yes the first battery is about to deplete, btu there is another fully charged, so maybe the messages should say "Battery A almost run out, Battery B 100%" or similar 2) the second battery (not being used at the time) is shown as being plugged in, when it isn't. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Installed Packages DeviceKit-power.i586 008-1.fc11 installed gnome-power-manager.i586 2.26.2-1.fc11 installed Not sure if devicekit comes into play but version included in case.
Battery details; [root@zoidberg ~]# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info present: yes design capacity: 5200 mAh last full capacity: 4046 mAh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 11100 mV design capacity warning: 520 mAh design capacity low: 157 mAh capacity granularity 1: 52 mAh capacity granularity 2: 52 mAh model number: DELL KP4288 serial number: 12177 battery type: LION OEM info: Sony [root@zoidberg ~]# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: charged present rate: 1 mA remaining capacity: 3999 mAh present voltage: 12435 mV [root@zoidberg ~]# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info present: yes design capacity: 4324 mAh last full capacity: 4324 mAh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 11100 mV design capacity warning: 432 mAh design capacity low: 131 mAh capacity granularity 1: 43 mAh capacity granularity 2: 43 mAh model number: DELL 0007P8 serial number: 446 battery type: LiP OEM info: Sanyo [root@zoidberg ~]# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: charged present rate: 1 mA remaining capacity: 431 mAh present voltage: 11215 mV
Actually that last copy was erroneous, the last BAT1/state was taking about 5 minutes later, so the current info is [root@zoidberg ~]# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: discharging present rate: 2668 mA remaining capacity: 3432 mAh present voltage: 11508 mV [root@zoidberg ~]# cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: charged present rate: 1 mA remaining capacity: 431 mAh present voltage: 11215 mV Now using the second battery..
I'm working on this now.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 511411 ***