[ltp] Two batteries wonkiness

[Chris Schumann]

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Thu, 31 May 2007, Chris Schumann wrote:
>> I have a T60 with a 9-cell Li-Ion and Ultrabay Slim Li-Polymer batteries.
>> I'm running FC6 and Gnome desktop.
>>
>> The battery meter seems to read correctly, that is, when the main battery
>> is full and the bay battery is empty, it reads 80%.
>>
>> But, when the bay battery drains to 0% (or maybe 1%), the system will to
>> into suspend with no warning or confirmation.
>>
>> How can I make it stop doing that?
> 
> Use tp_smapi, and tell it to switch batteries.  The EC will destroy your
> LiPol battery if you let it (by always draining it below 10%).  The T43 does
> the same thing.
> 

First, thank you very much Henrique for the reply. I have a few questions.

tp_smapi appears to be a right pain to install in FC6. Any hints or 
tips? I'm using FC6, and found a tpctl rpm on dries, but it needs 
kernel-module-thinkpad, which is on another repository, so I stopped there.

What's "the EC"?

Do you mean I should tell tp_smapi to switch batteries? Will that make 
the Gnome desktop stop suspending when the bay battery gets low?

Windows appears to drain the bay battery first, too. Is it in fact just 
draining to 10% or so?

Many thanks,
Chris