So far loving PinguyOS. My setup is a brand new ThinkPad Edge E435. I was able to find drivers for the ATI dual-card graphics array (SLI) and the broadcomm wireless adapter, so all in all things humm along nicely on 8GB RAM and the new AMD quad-core A8(4500). The only problems so far are suspend and battery charging (will start a new thread on suspend).
Battery problems.
After installing the 64bit version of PinguyOS 12.10, the battery seamed to charge properly. Granted power management is a bit lacking in Ubuntu overall and there was no real way to tweak performance, but regardless I was able to squeeze out 2-3 hours of working time between charges.
After @ 10 full charges (and discharges) I am now unable to charge the battery again within Pinguy.
- The power panel of the system settings sits at 30% with no estimated time of finished charging
- When unplugging the power cord and subsequently plugging it in again, the panel recalculates to 13 hours until charged but then loses that estimation and just sits at 'charging' again
- The battery charges fine when not powered up or when booted into a live environment (eliminating hardware problems)
- All system updates are performed with no errors
- I installed ACPI from the command line (a thread in ubunutu forum suggested this) to no avail
It appears that the software package governing power management has stopped functioning and I have no idea where to even start to repair it. I am comfortable with the command line and have been looking around the net for answers for a few days now. Most of the solutions offered are a couple years old or do not work when I try them.
Any ideas?
(attached image of power panel as it sits for days without change)
Battery problems.
After installing the 64bit version of PinguyOS 12.10, the battery seamed to charge properly. Granted power management is a bit lacking in Ubuntu overall and there was no real way to tweak performance, but regardless I was able to squeeze out 2-3 hours of working time between charges.
After @ 10 full charges (and discharges) I am now unable to charge the battery again within Pinguy.
- The power panel of the system settings sits at 30% with no estimated time of finished charging
- When unplugging the power cord and subsequently plugging it in again, the panel recalculates to 13 hours until charged but then loses that estimation and just sits at 'charging' again
- The battery charges fine when not powered up or when booted into a live environment (eliminating hardware problems)
- All system updates are performed with no errors
- I installed ACPI from the command line (a thread in ubunutu forum suggested this) to no avail
It appears that the software package governing power management has stopped functioning and I have no idea where to even start to repair it. I am comfortable with the command line and have been looking around the net for answers for a few days now. Most of the solutions offered are a couple years old or do not work when I try them.
Any ideas?
(attached image of power panel as it sits for days without change)
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