Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:24:14 +0200 From: Michael Schuh <michael.schuh@gmail.com> To: Brandon Allbery <allbery.b@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: [SOLVED] Re: battery state - hw.acpi.battery.life goes only down Message-ID: <CADwRVEZJFSVFJkwydpJchuvvQoVJKj-=YhRmOPPz=_Kea6iL4A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKFCL4WiBtW4aRp-pn7g52F%2BxfaAjFzNvD9Pnthe6bxb51SY9Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADwRVEYhb4BqkuOu2rgOLpHBbmm4UaAhsLjLLurMuRs4giL-0A@mail.gmail.com> <CAKFCL4UHVOcaq-9wU2ePbEU=K4gtck%2B8Ro2AEf6nT8D8QJc%2BNQ@mail.gmail.com> <CADwRVEZoa5EH5msXAv069KCG1TQ%2B=S95z5PXaq%2B9V2zuma2j4g@mail.gmail.com> <CAKFCL4WiBtW4aRp-pn7g52F%2BxfaAjFzNvD9Pnthe6bxb51SY9Q@mail.gmail.com>
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sorry for the buzz... 2012/9/26 Brandon Allbery <allbery.b@gmail.com> > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Michael Schuh <michael.schuh@gmail.com>w= rote: > >> hmm, may be. >> i didn't thinked about that lithium charging feature. >> you may right with that. >> > > Yes you are right with that point. I have watched batteries cycle like that on OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD, and > some versions of Windows; possibly more recent versions try to hide it. > It's also possible the ACPI BIOS normally hides it but needs some > recalibration step (on Macs, for example, you need to fully charge then > fully discharge then fully charge again to recalibrate it; I think that's > common). > Yesi agree, this is the most logic explanation in our fantastic world. > > >> but one point, this behaviour is new. >> i made some tests to check if my conkyrc is right and there i haven't >> wait that the battery is gone under 90% >> for checking this. after i could confirm that the conkyrc is >> syntactically correct, the battery reached 100% again. >> > > That sounds like it is normal cycling then. > No idea why that box didn't showed that behaviour earlier. i am fully sure that i made the same tests before and the charger did jump in much time earlier. may be, i was a bit impatient for now. > many thanks again. cheers m. > -- > brandon s allbery allbery.b@gmail.co= m > wandering unix systems administrator (available) (412) 475-9364 vm/sm= s > > --=20 =3D =3D =3D http://michael-schuh.net/ =3D =3D =3D Projektmanagement - IT-Consulting - Professional Services IT Michael Schuh Postfach 10 21 52 66021 Saarbr=FCcken phone: 0681/8319664 mobil: 0175/5616453 @: m i c h a e l . s c h u h @ g m a i l . c o m =3D =3D =3D Ust-ID: DE251072318 =3D =3D =3D
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