[ltp] 600E battery under apmd

[Mark Beierl]

There have been numerous posts in the past about (and for some reason 
typically on the 600s) dying batteries.  This is typically indicative of 
a battery which is on its way out.  However, for a while (due to bad 
kernel/apmd/wireless software) I decided to disable apmd and keep my own 
eye out for battery charge.  This works (try removing the links to 
/etc/init.d/apmd from /etc/rc.x, or change the first line of apmd to 
exit 0), but the system may still try to hibernate on battery low if the 
bios is set to do so.  Using tpctl (or your preferred tp bios tool) 
check for low battery event and clear it.  On tpctl it's:

tpctl --psb

Hope this helps...

Regards,
Mark Beierl
Texar Corp.
www.texar.com

Derek Harding wrote:

>Running SuSE 7.3 - kernel 2.4.10 - KDE 2.
>I wonder if any of you folk can tell me why my battery seems to go from 86% 
>to 5% in a matter of seconds yet the battery is actually fine and recharging 
>is too quick for it to actually be low. If I use the add-on battery in the cd 
>slot it goes on for ever. Is it a solution to disable the apmd and run on 
>trust and watch-keeping?
>



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