Re: The battery cannot be identified.

This is something I was afraid of. I have NO idea what version of debian I installed, and I don't know how to find out. While doing the setup I don't recall it saying ANYTHING about a laptop and I think this has something to do with my problem. But just because I don't remember doesn't mean I have the wrong version or I didn't install it properly, it could mean I just forgot. Do you know how I can check?

I ran the Dell diagnostic utility and it goes through a few things and then I get a message "No diagnostic Utility Partition found. To run diagnostics insert your Dell "Drivers and Utilities" CD, then select OK to restart the system and boot off the CD". Thankfully I do have the CD and did exactly as the message says, but after a minute or two It comes up with a message "Result code: 0E00-0002. Msg: SYSTEM_ERROR. This system is not recogized as a supported Dell PC. These diagnostics may not run on unsupported systems." I did it a few times just to be sure and I get the same result every time and my battery problem has not been fixed.

As I was explaining in another reply I did find a directory called /sys/class/power_supply and in there is another directory called AC. Again please excuse me if this sounds dumb but I assume has something to do with the AC power outlet on the computer. Should there be something else in that directory with regards to a battery? Does this have something to do with installing the "laptop version" of debian?

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 11:43 AM, <kn@debian.mu> wrote:

Hello,

Did u install debian 6? Normally while installing debian 6, it should have prompted u to install a "laptop version".

If u installed debian 5, the installer should have automatically run the "laptop detect"..

Dell has an integrated diagnostic utility, try to interrupt the self power on bios test & see if u can see something like press "F1" F9" for diagnostics..
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From: Peter Rapisarda <peter.rapisarda@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 11:38:40 -0400

To: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org>

Subject: The battery cannot be identified.

Hello all,

I am a student who is just learning LINUX for the first time so I basically have NO idea what I'm doing so please be patient with me. In an attempted to complement my studying I decided to resurrect an old laptop which is a Dell Inspiron 2200 with a Intel Celeron M processor. The hard drive had gone bad so I replaced it and purched a verison of debian off of OSDisc.com and used that to install debian on my "new" system. Everything works great except when I start up the computer i get a message that says:

Time-of-day not set - please run SETUP program
WARNING: The battery cannot be identified.
This system will be unable to charge this battery...

Is this a problem with the battery itself, or did I install something incorrectly maybe? If I leave the laptop plugged in it works like a charm, but the second I take the plug out of the wall (even with the battery inserted into the laptop) it shuts off. As you can imagine this is extremely annooying and I have no idea what to do. I don't want to go out and purchase a new battery until I'm sure that's the issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
-Pete