[ltp] battery not charging

[Atte André Jensen]

Hi

My new (used) T41 won't charge it's battery. I might have messed with 
something, or missed something. How do I get the battery charging?

Here's the content of /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0:

atte@ajstrup:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/*
alarm:                   2513 mWh
present:                 yes
design capacity:         47520 mWh
last full capacity:      50270 mWh
battery technology:      rechargeable
design voltage:          10800 mV
design capacity warning: 2513 mWh
design capacity low:     200 mWh
capacity granularity 1:  1 mWh
capacity granularity 2:  1 mWh
model number:            IBM-08K8193
serial number:           10640
battery type:            LION
OEM info:                SANYO
present:                 yes
capacity state:          ok
charging state:          charged
present rate:            0 mW
remaining capacity:      210 mWh
present voltage:         11233 mV

What looks funny to me is the combination of "charging state: charged", 
"present rate: 0 mW", "design capacity: 47520 mWh" and "remaining 
capacity: 210 mWh". So the battery is almost empty (indeed it is, I get 
beeps when I disconnect the power supply) but it thinks it's charged and 
therefore is not charging. Strange...

BTW: I'm running xubuntu.

-- 
peace, love & harmony
Atte