Re: T480s, battery state jumping from fully-charged to charging while plugged in, battery LED doesn't change

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I finagled an upgrade to 5.18.0 and things seem to be working fine now. I'm
not exactly sure why linux-image-amd64 got stuck at 5.16 during upgrade,
but an apt-get install worked. Thanks for reading.

On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 at 12:55, Rubin Abdi <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I'm running Debian Sid 5.16.0-4-amd64 from the repo. I just did a long
> needed aptitude safe-upgrade (I don't believe my kernel got upgraded).
> After reboot I am seeing upower -i
> /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 report the state of the
> battery going from fully-charged to charging every few seconds (which is
> throwing up notifications in KDE every few seconds). The charging indicator
> LED on the machine is maintaining white for fully charged (yes I know this
> is subjective). Battery percent is maintained at 99%.
>
> Additionally about a month ago I replaced the battery in this machine to a
> new generic one off of Amazon, after install and discharge/recharging the
> thing a couple of times upower reported about a 94% battery capacity (which
> I feel like is typical of generic replacement batteries). Today it's at
> 93.1404%.
>
> I looked through the "Battery recalibration" thread from April, I could
> have sworn linux these days (along with the bios) manage recalibration on
> their own, but I suppose I'm mistaken.
>
> So at this point I don't know if the issue is something got tweaked on
> this last apt upgrade, or a recalibration needs to happen. Any advice would
> be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Rubin (he/him <https://pronoun.is/he/him>)
> [email protected]
>


-- 
Rubin (he/him <https://pronoun.is/he/him>)
[email protected]

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I finagled an upgrade to 5.18.0 and things seem to be work=
ing fine now. I&#39;m not exactly sure why linux-image-amd64 got stuck at 5=
.16 during upgrade, but an apt-get install worked. Thanks for reading.</div=
><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mo=
n, 13 Jun 2022 at 12:55, Rubin Abdi &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)=
;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hello.<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m runni=
ng Debian Sid=C2=A05.16.0-4-amd64 from the repo. I just did a long needed a=
ptitude safe-upgrade (I don&#39;t believe my kernel got upgraded). After re=
boot I am seeing=C2=A0upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT=
0 report the state of the battery going from fully-charged to charging ever=
y few seconds (which is throwing up notifications in KDE every few seconds)=
. The charging indicator LED on the machine is maintaining white for fully =
charged (yes I know this is subjective). Battery percent is maintained at 9=
9%.</div><div><br></div><div>Additionally about a month ago I replaced the =
battery in this machine to a new generic one off of Amazon, after install a=
nd discharge/recharging the thing a couple of times upower reported about a=
 94% battery capacity (which I feel like is typical of generic replacement =
batteries). Today it&#39;s at 93.1404%.</div><div><br></div><div>I looked t=
hrough the &quot;Battery recalibration&quot; thread from April, I could hav=
e sworn linux these days (along with the bios) manage recalibration on thei=
r own, but I suppose I&#39;m mistaken.</div><div><br></div><div>So at this =
point I don&#39;t know if the issue is something got tweaked on this last a=
pt upgrade, or a recalibration needs to happen. Any advice would be appreci=
ated.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div=
 dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Rubin (<a href=3D"https://pronoun.is/he/him" =
target=3D"_blank">he/him</a>)<br><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" targe=
t=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"=
 class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Rubin (<a href=3D"https://prono=
un.is/he/him" target=3D"_blank">he/him</a>)<br><a href=3D"mailto:rubin@star=
set.net" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br></div></div>

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