The problem described initially on this thread is happening to me consistently on a clean-install of the released version of Ubuntu 8.10 (CD from .iso).
I am a newbie and don't have Linux debugging experience to know if the process/app crashes are the same phenomenon or cause, however the user-visible symptoms seem identical or very close.
- on AC power, no problems.
- on battery power, the below multitude of problems:
- battery icon initially appears on menubar, but after some short time, becomes unresponsive
- after the battery icon becomes unresponsive, try to launch Power Management from menus
- power management app takes some time (sometimes a minute or two) to launch
- when it launches, ALL mention of battery anywhere is missing (no battery tab, nor any other battery related options)
- The screen brightness will sometimes dim. I have no way to control it.
- Closing the laptop lid while the problem is occurring will not suspend the machine.
- The problem will frequently recover automatically after some time (I haven't attempted to find the pattern)
- By recover, I mean that the battery icon becomes responsive again, and the
- Once the problem recovers, after some time, it will occur again (again, I don't know the pattern)
- This goes on repeatedly (problem occurs, recovers, recurs)
- The WORST symptom is, when the problem has recovered (battery icon responding, battery tab in control panel) if I suspend the machine (close lid) it goes into suspend fine. However, when I try to wake from suspend, the hard disk seems to go, it seems to wake up, however the screen remains completely off. I cannot get the screen to wake up and I have to force power-off the machine.
My machine is a Japanese Panasonic Let's Note CF-R3. These power symptoms do NOT happen on Ubuntu 8.04. Battery meter, control panel, suspend/resume all work perfectly on 8.04.
I tested both an 8.04->8.10 upgrade, and a clean 8.10 install. The power issues happen either way, although with the upgrade, the problem never seems to recover - once it happens once, it never recovers.
As I mentioned, I am an Ubuntu newbie, so I dont know how to gather the necessary data for people to work on this problem. If someone could let me know what data I need to provide, and how to get it, I would really appreciate it. These power issues are so critical for me, I cannot really consider Ubuntu 8.10 for serious use until it can be fixed.
The problem described initially on this thread is happening to me consistently on a clean-install of the released version of Ubuntu 8.10 (CD from .iso).
I am a newbie and don't have Linux debugging experience to know if the process/app crashes are the same phenomenon or cause, however the user-visible symptoms seem identical or very close.
- on AC power, no problems.
- on battery power, the below multitude of problems:
- battery icon initially appears on menubar, but after some short time, becomes unresponsive
- after the battery icon becomes unresponsive, try to launch Power Management from menus
- power management app takes some time (sometimes a minute or two) to launch
- when it launches, ALL mention of battery anywhere is missing (no battery tab, nor any other battery related options)
- The screen brightness will sometimes dim. I have no way to control it.
- Closing the laptop lid while the problem is occurring will not suspend the machine.
- The problem will frequently recover automatically after some time (I haven't attempted to find the pattern)
- By recover, I mean that the battery icon becomes responsive again, and the
- Once the problem recovers, after some time, it will occur again (again, I don't know the pattern)
- This goes on repeatedly (problem occurs, recovers, recurs)
- The WORST symptom is, when the problem has recovered (battery icon responding, battery tab in control panel) if I suspend the machine (close lid) it goes into suspend fine. However, when I try to wake from suspend, the hard disk seems to go, it seems to wake up, however the screen remains completely off. I cannot get the screen to wake up and I have to force power-off the machine.
My machine is a Japanese Panasonic Let's Note CF-R3. These power symptoms do NOT happen on Ubuntu 8.04. Battery meter, control panel, suspend/resume all work perfectly on 8.04.
I tested both an 8.04->8.10 upgrade, and a clean 8.10 install. The power issues happen either way, although with the upgrade, the problem never seems to recover - once it happens once, it never recovers.
As I mentioned, I am an Ubuntu newbie, so I dont know how to gather the necessary data for people to work on this problem. If someone could let me know what data I need to provide, and how to get it, I would really appreciate it. These power issues are so critical for me, I cannot really consider Ubuntu 8.10 for serious use until it can be fixed.
Thanks a lot!
Craig