[wellylug] Unable to read battery status SUSE 9.3

[Chipomho Tinashe Bothwell]

Guys any thought abt this,
I visited the acer website trying to see if i can update my BIOS but
they have discontinued my model
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 19:28 -1200, Chipomho Tinashe Bothwell wrote:

> 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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