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Chyan	Jan 11 2011, 12:25 AM Return to original view \| Post #1
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 4,222 posts Joined: Apr 2007	Hey guys, I have a problem. It seems mine cannot detect the battery type, charge, status and what not. It's always "laptop battery is charged" Then I see the history, details, statistics, all 0% information. Is it a problem with mine? Then the battery bar is always full. Two times already my machine auto-shut because of this. There's no way for me to know the true charge and remaining time. Repost from Maverick thread.
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Chyan	Jan 13 2011, 11:44 PM Return to original view \| Post #2
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 4,222 posts Joined: Apr 2007	QUOTE(Chyan @ Jan 11 2011, 12:25 AM) Hey guys, I have a problem. It seems mine cannot detect the battery type, charge, status and what not. It's always "laptop battery is charged" Then I see the history, details, statistics, all 0% information. Is it a problem with mine? Then the battery bar is always full. Two times already my machine auto-shut because of this. There's no way for me to know the true charge and remaining time. Repost from Maverick thread. » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Now with picture as reference.
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Chyan	Jan 15 2011, 07:11 PM Return to original view \| Post #3
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 4,222 posts Joined: Apr 2007	QUOTE(Acid_RuleZz @ Jan 15 2011, 11:53 AM) morning penguins and devils, today i'm feeling generous so i'ma share my mplayer/vlc setting for smooth ts/tp playback after hours of experimenting and hallucinating. Probably for those who dunhave the privilege to use vdpau output. » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « if you dunhave mplayer or vlc yet or feeling like upgrading the player u've installed from maverick repo, feel free to add these 2 ppa(s) to enjoice newer version of both player. (i suppose non-ubuntu user know how to do this with their distro) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/vlc sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ripps818/coreavc and start sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vlc mplayer / sudo apt-get upgrade for VLC Go to Preference(or hit Ctrl+P) Go to Video and set Output to XVideo output (XCB) Then set Deinterlacing=Auto/On and Mode=BoB/Linear Enjoice if the playback still suck: - try to check Deinterlacing & Deinterlacing Mode by right clicking the video and go to Video>Deinterlace/Deinterlace mode coz my VLC tend to not save the setting and set Deinterlace mode to Discard when the video is playing. - try to toggle(On/Off) 'Use GPU acceleration' in Preferences>Input & Codecs. for Mplayer (basic) Start terminal and type mplayer -fps 60 -vo xv -vf tfields=4 <insert.video.path> Enjoice integrate into SMplayer Go to Preferences>Advanced>Options for Mplayer In Option field put '-fps 60' In Video Filter field put 'tfields=4' Enjoice - make sho u set video output to XV - this could also apply to other mplayer frontend client like gnome mplayer, kmplayer, kplayer and anything yang sewaktu dengannya. probably eg: [attachmentid=1995927] if you have anything to ask about vlc. goto Topeka if you have anything to ask about mplayer open terminal and start mplayer -vo help mplayer -ao help mplayer -vf help mplayer -af help mplayer -pphelp man mplayer \| grep <insert.keywurd> or Topeka if you have HUGE! mkv HD movie(>10GB permovie) and want to play it with mplayer/smplayer, i suggest follow these tuts for future enjoicement. http://code.google.com/p/coreavc-for-linux/w/list - note : step 3 for Install patch into mplayer is not needed. Last note : I've only tested these with my lappy(C2D + Intel X4500MHD). My friend lappy (C2D + Ati 4570). Another friend lappy (C2D + Nvidia G310M). If this method not working for your setup, just Topeka any whining tidak akan dilayan. Epic. Just what I was looking for.
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Chyan	Feb 13 2011, 04:52 PM Return to original view \| Post #4
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 4,222 posts Joined: Apr 2007	2.6.37-020637rc2-generic kernel installed and used, but my battery status is still undetectable. Any more solutions?
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Chyan	Feb 13 2011, 09:01 PM Return to original view \| Post #5
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 4,222 posts Joined: Apr 2007	QUOTE(G-17 @ Feb 13 2011, 06:24 PM) @Chyan What do you use to see your battery status? Gnome Power Manager, conky, htop, acpi? Gnome Power Manager, acpi, conky. Always @ 0% with AC /withoutAC it's the same. My model there is BAT1
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Chyan	Feb 25 2011, 01:43 PM Return to original view \| Post #6
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 4,222 posts Joined: Apr 2007	QUOTE(G-17 @ Feb 15 2011, 11:13 PM) @Chyan Sorry for the late reply. I was out for the last 2 nights. Your battery might have a defective sensor somewhere. First remove your battery and clean the contacts. Then put it back in and boot into your OS. After about 10 minutes, unplug the power cord to make it run on battery power, and in terminal do ; CODE cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state CODE cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info CODE cat /etc/default/acpid CODE dmesg \| grep acpi -i ...and paste the output here. This might also be a kernel or BIOS issue. I can't help with teh BIOS, since it's different for each system (and I don't want to be responsible for screwing up your BIOS), but do you have a LTS kernel (2.6.32.xx). If yes, boot with it and see if your battery info is available of not. Sorry for the late reply there. Wasn't free check out my problem last few weeks. Anyways, here it is; » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « CODE chyan@ubuntu:~$ cat /procacpi/battery/BAT1/state\ > cat /procacpi/battery/BAT1/state cat: /procacpi/battery/BAT1/statecat: No such file or directory cat: /procacpi/battery/BAT1/state: No such file or directory chyan@ubuntu:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: charged present rate: unknown remaining capacity: unknown present voltage: 10000 mV chyan@ubuntu:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info present: yes design capacity: 4400 mAh last full capacity: 4400 mAh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 11100 mV design capacity warning: 300 mAh design capacity low: 132 mAh cycle count: 0 capacity granularity 1: 32 mAh capacity granularity 2: 32 mAh model number: BAT1 serial number: 11 battery type: 11 OEM info: 11 chyan@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/default/acpid # Options to pass to acpid # # OPTIONS are appended to the acpid command-line #OPTIONS="" # Linux kernel modules to load before starting acpid # # MODULES is a space seperated list of modules to load, or "all" to load all # acpi drivers, or commented out to load no module #MODULES="battery ac processor button fan thermal video" #MODULES="all" chyan@ubuntu:~$ dmesg \| acpi -i Battery 0: Unknown, 0%, rate information unavailable Battery 0: design capacity 4400 mAh, last full capacity 4400 mAh = 100% QUOTE(FlameReaper @ Feb 15 2011, 11:53 PM) 2.6.37 RC? There are already 2.6.37 stable releases, up to 2.6.37-12 as I am using it now. You can give it a try though, but I don't know much regarding what this may help. Ok. Will take note. What's the best way to get the stable releases?
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Chyan	Feb 26 2011, 02:07 AM Return to original view \| Post #7
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 4,222 posts Joined: Apr 2007	QUOTE(FlameReaper @ Feb 25 2011, 07:26 PM) Google j/k. Here: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-ppa/+archive/ppa Issue this into your terminal: CODE sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa && sudo apt-get update You might want further reading which kernel version you might want though. I just happened to take the latest and it works well on my laptop I ran what you told and it just updates my stuff. & I ran this too. Didn't see the latest one. CODE chyan@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache search linux-image alsa-base - ALSA driver configuration files linux-image-2.6.32-305-ec2 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_64 linux-image-ec2 - Linux kernel image for ec2 machines linux-image - Generic Linux kernel image. linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.35 on x86/x86_64 linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.35 on x86 linux-image-2.6.35-22-virtual - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.35 on x86/x86_64 linux-image-2.6.35-23-generic - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.35 on x86/x86_64 linux-image-2.6.35-23-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.35 on x86 linux-image-2.6.35-23-virtual - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.35 on x86/x86_64 linux-image-2.6.35-24-generic - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.35 on x86/x86_64 linux-image-2.6.35-24-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.35 on x86 linux-image-2.6.35-24-virtual - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.35 on x86/x86_64 linux-image-2.6.35-25-generic - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.35 on x86/x86_64 linux-image-2.6.35-25-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.35 on x86 linux-image-2.6.35-25-virtual - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.35 on x86/x86_64 linux-image-generic - Generic Linux kernel image linux-image-generic-pae - Generic Linux kernel image linux-image-server - Linux kernel image on Server Equipment. linux-image-virtual - Linux kernel image for virtual machines linux-image-2.6.37-020637rc2-generic - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.37 on x86/x86_64 chyan@ubuntu:~$ How? I forgot already.
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Chyan	Feb 28 2011, 03:21 AM Return to original view \| Post #8
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 4,222 posts Joined: Apr 2007	QUOTE(G-17 @ Feb 28 2011, 02:19 AM) @Chyan It's been so long, I forgot what your initial question was Battery monitor problem, right? I don't seen anything wrong with your output. I'll check some more and update you with suggestions if I can. Did you manage to get a 2.6.32 LTS kernel yet, per chance? Don't see anything wrong? Maybe it's undetectable so everything looks ok? About the kernel, why so? It it more reliable? Still using the latest linux-image-2.6.37-020637rc2-generic.
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Chyan	Mar 10 2011, 06:12 PM Return to original view \| Post #9
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 4,222 posts Joined: Apr 2007	I'm having problem installing Narwhal. On boot it says Try hd(0,0): NTFS5: No wubildr Try hd(0,1): NTFS5: No wubildr Try hd(0,2) I'm installing on a different partition. This post has been edited by Chyan: Mar 10 2011, 06:12 PM
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Chyan	Jul 26 2011, 03:57 AM Return to original view \| Post #10
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 4,222 posts Joined: Apr 2007	Debian on Linux Mint? or Gnome 3 in openSUSE or Fedora? I saw Elementary OS. I need to get the choice done. Fed up with crap Unity on Ubuntu even though I can switch to classic. Need something new now. This post has been edited by Chyan: Jul 26 2011, 04:02 AM
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Chyan	Jul 26 2011, 12:57 PM Return to original view \| Post #11
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 4,222 posts Joined: Apr 2007	QUOTE(G-17 @ Jul 26 2011, 09:23 AM) Try Vanillux; http://vanillux.org/ It's a friend's project. APT based but uses Gnome 3. Still beta, so they'd appreciate anyone that uses it and gives feedback. You don't even need to download an ISO and can convert your existing Ubuntu install to Vanillux. In Ubuntu, do this in terminal; CODE wget http://dl.vanillux.org/ubuntu-vanillux/vanillux-install.sh && chmod +x vanillux-install.sh && sudo ./vanillux-install.sh Source: http://wiki.vanillux.org/wiki/HOW-TO_Insta...lux_from_Ubuntu What the commands does;; Adds Vanillux sources and a secure keyring, removes all the Ubuntu-related stuff and then instalsl it's own packages. They have quite a good-looking roadmap. It's planned as a rolling-release, so what their doing is basically taking your Ubuntu and converting it back to something closer to Debian, but easier to use and maintain. They also seem to have their own Testing, Unstable, Upstream and Vendor repos. This sounds very interesting. Happy to try it out. QUOTE(cocooh @ Jul 26 2011, 10:45 AM) Wait for elementary os Luna What's the difference? QUOTE(fat16 @ Jul 26 2011, 12:02 PM) Mint XFCE already using Debian. Mint KDE 11 on the way. Great.
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Chyan	Jul 31 2011, 08:25 PM Return to original view \| Post #12
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 4,222 posts Joined: Apr 2007	My laptops always are in AMD GPUs. Kinda pissed TBH. Though, when my Acer got stolen, this Dell fixes the battery issue. But GPU is always the problem. How's Scrot? I still don't have much knowledge on it. T Added on July 31, 2011, 8:43 pmOh, if I were to get Black SOD's and is irrecoverable. What should I do? Don't matter if its GPU or accidental driver related issues. This post has been edited by Chyan: Jul 31 2011, 08:43 PM
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