I've been having a problem with Mint 12 64 bit (Main Edition) with Gnome 3. When I unplug my fairly new laptop from the power source, I get a warning that my "Battery is Critically Low". A quick check of the battery indicator shows that my battery is 98% FULL and that I have only a few seconds remaining. Within a short time the laptop hybernates no matter what I try to do. After exiting hybernation, the battery indicator shows that my laptop battery is 98% full and I have 2 1/2 hours remaining (which is actually what it should be).
I'm not sure what's going on but this is getting VERY frustrating! Can anyone offer some assistance with this please? I previously had Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64 bit installed on this laptop and this never happened. My battery is fine and after exiting hybernation, it does keep running for about 2 1/2 hours until the battery is drained.
I found a post regarding a similar problem in the Mint forum under: Other Edition Support > LMDE (Linux Mint Debian) > Newbie Questions... however since I'm not using that version, felt that posting here would be more appropriate.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Solved-"Laptop Battery Critically Low" at full charge
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BlueSky77
Solved-"Laptop Battery Critically Low" at full charge
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BlueSky77
Re: Problem "Laptop Battery Critically Low" at full Charge
For anyone that is having this problem I found a fix:
Open dconf-editor... go to org > gnome > settings-daemon > plugins > power
Uncheck "use-time-for-policy"
I hope this helps someone else experiencing this problem.
Open dconf-editor... go to org > gnome > settings-daemon > plugins > power
Uncheck "use-time-for-policy"
I hope this helps someone else experiencing this problem.
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SimonTS
Re: Solved-"Laptop Battery Critically Low" at full charge
Came here following a link by Remoulder. It would be really useful if the Mint team could incorporate this into an updated Mint 12 Live image as it is a right P.I.T.A. having to make this change each time I boot off my LiveUSB stick.
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Pikolas
Re: Problem "Laptop Battery Critically Low" at full Charge
Hi there!BlueSky77 wrote:For anyone that is having this problem I found a fix:
Open dconf-editor... go to org > gnome > settings-daemon > plugins > power
Uncheck "use-time-for-policy"
I hope this helps someone else experiencing this problem.
I couldn't find settings-daemon:
Is there a way to do this via Terminal?
[EDIT]: Terminal gives me the output:
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No such schema 'org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugin.power'