Comment 8 for bug 518365

it looks like this is the same as redhat https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439460

mrplow@mrplow-laptop:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/*
alarm: unsupported
present: yes
design capacity: 5200 mAh
last full capacity: 100 mAh
battery technology: rechargeable
design voltage: 8400 mV
design capacity warning: 20 mAh
design capacity low: 10 mAh
capacity granularity 1: 52 mAh
capacity granularity 2: 52 mAh
model number: 900
serial number:
battery type: LION
OEM info: ASUS
present: yes
capacity state: ok
charging state: charged
present rate: unknown
remaining capacity: 100 mAh
present voltage: 8253 mV

I'm getting the same output as him two years ago

>Dave Jones 2008-03-28 14:45:14 EDT
>
>The eee uses some 'creative' way of reporting battery life.
>The capacity field is supposed to be measured as mAh, but the eee exports a
>percentage there instead of an absolute. The result of this is that a full
>battery reports a design capacity of 5200 mAh, and a remaining capacity of 100mAh
>
>This causes hal to freak out claiming that the battery is broken.