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Date:      Sat, 7 Feb 1998 23:51:12 -0600 (CST)
From:      John Goerzen <jgoerzen@alexanderwohl.complete.org>
To:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Batteries & FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980207234417.262A-100000@alexanderwohl>

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Hi,

I may have mentioned part of this before; if so, please forgive the
repetition.

I have an IBM Thinkpad 310ED. (P133) running FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE.  I
have applied the latest BIOS update from IBM.  The laptop works fine with
Windows 95.  (Well, as good as it could work with Windows 95 <grin>)

Anyway, under FreeBSD, the battery status doesn't get updated.  For
instance, if the battery is at 93% when the laptop boots, FreeBSD thinks
it is still at 93% even several hours later when it is at 15%.  Worse, the
laptop itself thinks it is still at 93% as indicated by its Fn-F4 battery
status meter.

I have two questions:

 1. Will this behavior in any way harm the battery?
 2. What can I do to prevent this behavior?

Thanks,
John Goerzen



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