[ltp] x40 extended battery seems to not work under ubuntu 6.10

[Jaime Davila]

Hello all,

A quick introduction. I just subscribed to the list, but I've been using 
linux since 1999 and linux on thinkpads for the last three years.

As the title of my message says, I'm having trouble with the extended 
battery on my x40, under ubuntu edgy (6.10).

I don't seem to be able to get my laptop to use this additional battery. 
My battery time ends up being the same regardless of this second battery 
being attached or not, and the remaining battery time reported by 
gnome-power-manager doesn't change by removing on putting the battery 
back on.

This added battery has a led on its right side. I imagine the led is 
supposed to light up if everything is OK, but it is staying off right 
now, even after booting up with the battery in place. I remember it used 
to light up. Maybe it stopped lighting up when I upgraded from dapper 
(6.06) to edgy? I am not certain of that. I sent a copy of this message 
to the ubuntu user list, but I've seen no reply.

I've read about package tp_smapi. I don't have it installed. Do I need 
to, under kernel "2.6.17-10-386?

Anyone have any ideas?

TIA,

Jaime


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Jaime J. Davila
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Hampshire College
School of Cognitive Science
jdavila at hampshire dot edu
http://helios.hampshire.edu/jdavila
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