[Linux-disciples] Misguessing the laptop's charge

[Stephen R Laniel]

Both the 'acpi' program and the GNOME power-monitor applet
will often list the current level of charge at something
less than 100% -- sometimes even as low as a single
percentage point -- and yet the laptop won't keep charging.
It's as though it thinks it's fully charged, even though it
knows that it's not. When this happens, often taking out the
battery (while the laptop is plugged in, of course), waiting
for the laptop to realize that the battery's out, and then
putting it back in will fix the problem -- the laptop
recalibrates and starts charging.

Any idea what this is about? Does anyone else see this on
their laptops?

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