[wellylug] Unable to read battery status SUSE 9.3

[Chipomho Tinashe Bothwell]

ok here is a list of commands that i typed
~>uname-a
Linux nexus 2.6.11.4-21.9-default #1 Fri Aug 19 11:58:59 UTC 2005 i686
athlon i386 GNU/Linux

~>cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state
present:                 yes
ERROR: Unable to read battery status

some debugging information from /var/log/messages
Oct  7 19:26:54 nexus kernel:     ACPI-0208: *** Warning: Error
evaluating _BST
Oct  7 19:27:24 nexus kernel:     ACPI-0352: *** Error: Looking up
[Z007] in namespace, AE_NOT_FOUND
Oct  7 19:27:24 nexus kernel: search_node dffe9dc0 start_node dffe9dc0
return_node 00000000
Oct  7 19:27:24 nexus kernel:     ACPI-0446: *** Warning:
[AE_NOT_CONFIGURED]: Could not resolve operands, AE_NOT_FOUND
Oct  7 19:27:24 nexus kernel:     ACPI-1140: *** Error: Method execution
failed [\_SB_.BAT1._BST] (Node dffe9cc0), AE_NOT_FOUND
Oct  7 19:27:24 nexus kernel:     ACPI-0208: *** Warning: Error
evaluating _BST


On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 16:56 +1300, David Antliff wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Chipomho wrote:
> > I have my Acer laptop running SUSE 9.3,
> > everything seems to work fine except the system cannot read the remaining charge, the system can read all other battery parameters.
> > i have tried the suse forums but nobody gave me a solution. how should i solve this problem? anyone?
> 
> 
> The answers to a few questions like these should help:
> 
> What software are you using? What versions? Default SuSE 9.3 setup?
> 
> What error message are you getting, if any?
> 
> Is there any other debugging information available?
> 
> How does this differ from a working parameter?
> 
> Are you able to verify the sensor works properly (BIOS/Windows)?
> 
> If you're using a GUI tool, is there a commandline counterpart and if so, 
> does it report any more useful info?
> 
> 
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