Toshiba L640 Battery Issue - Ubuntu 11.10 not showing the battery status correctly even after recompilation done after editing acpi

[sarath.s]

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Hi,

I have Toshiba Satellite L640 and Ubuntu 11.10 installed on it.

But Ubuntu is not recognizing the batteries.It does not hibernate on low batteries. Instead abruptly switches off.

http://techinterplay.com/fix-toshiba-battery-issue-linux.html

 Ubuntu 11.10 not showing the battery status correctly even after recompilation done after editing acpi settings as said in the above link , but the battery indicator is detected and showing the battery status after compilation.but even if the battery is more than 80% it some times show battery power is low.my battery is working correctly and had no problems with the battery.

sarath s

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: acpi 1.5-3ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.0.4-fix x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 13 13:07:32 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: acpi
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)