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  1. Bug #127773
  2. Comment #27

Comment 27 for bug 127773

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DJ Saltarelli (djsaltarelli) wrote :

Perhaps the problem for Dell L400 anyway is that the kernel acpi is misidentifying the battery slots? Under /proc/acpi/battery/ I have BAT1, and no BAT0. Restart of hald shows:

Nov 23 10:26:21 itybity NetworkManager: <debug> [1195842381.209004] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/acpi_BAT1').
Nov 23 10:26:21 itybity NetworkManager: <debug> [1195842381.218907] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/acpi_CPU0').
Nov 23 10:26:21 itybity NetworkManager: <debug> [1195842381.228033] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/acpi_FAN1').
Nov 23 10:26:21 itybity NetworkManager: <debug> [1195842381.233675] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/acpi_FAN0').
Nov 23 10:26:21 itybity NetworkManager: <debug> [1195842381.245155] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/acpi_ACAD').

So perhaps it's correct when it reports 'present: no'

/djs