Unlikely, But Did Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Kill My Acer Aspire One Battery?
This is probably just a coincidence, but...
Last week my Acer Aspire One got about 2.5 to 3 hours of use on its 3-cell battery. I was running Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) 9.04 at the time. I updated the netbook to UNR 9.10 last weekend. After the update, the netbook won't boot unless it is plugged into an A/C electrical outlet. Pulling the plug with the netbook running results in it shutting off immediately as if the battery does not have any charge. UNR's battery status icon reports that the battery has a 0.0% charge level (no charge) but is, at the same time, "fully charged."
I suppose I could test it by wiping the SSD and reinstalling UNR 9.04. But, that takes a lot of time and I'm don't have a lot of incentive to do so (the Aspire One is not my primary netbook). Anyone else having netbook battery issues after upgrading to UNR 9.10?
December 6th, 2009 - 23:07
doubt it, dude.
December 7th, 2009 - 08:37
Get the Ubuntu 9.04 NBR live CD on a USB stick and boot off that. This will soon tell you if it’s Ubuntu 9.10, though in all likelihood I would say its not. I have had no problems on my Dell Mini 9 since upgrading.
December 7th, 2009 - 16:29
Hi yes I got the same issue. Have you found a work around for it yet?
January 16th, 2010 - 16:02
Hi, I also have the same issue. If you have found a solution for the problem I would love to hear about it.
Cheers
January 22nd, 2010 - 14:55
My acer aspire 3660 was running 9.04, no problem, and I did the 9.10 upgrade….. Its my main system so I was really out of it and I lost everything trying to be clever. So I reinstalled 9.04. I recently tried to boot from a 9.10 usb, and it stalled. I run ubuntu on loads of other (peoples) systems without a problem???
January 24th, 2010 - 02:33
Installed NBR 9.10 on a HP mini 110 and it doesn’t charge my battery. If you have to have the thing off to charge the battery…whats the point of using NBR?
March 7th, 2010 - 06:38
I have exact the same problem. New Acer Aspire One, so battery is new too, with fresh Ubuntu 9.10 UNR installation. No hardware problems except for the battery. Panel indicator says battery is “fully charged” while in fact it is empty. and is never recharging. Unhooking the AC cable will instantly kill everything.
To me this looks like some software/driver bug: Ubuntu somehow thinking the battery is full (and therefore never triggering a recharge) while in fact it’s empty. I would like to report this as a possible bug, but Iḿ not sure where (must confess I’ḿ new to Ubuntu). Can someone tell me what’s the best place to report this? The main Ubuntu site? Or the UNR site? Or some specialized Ubuntu hardware problems forum?
Thx