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Battery draining quickly in 10.04

Bug #576547 reported by Antonio Roberts on 2010-05-06

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Expired	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

I upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04 and I've noticed that the battery life has gone down. This laptop was bought in October and Power Manager indicates that I have 86% capacity.

When I get warnings that I have only 45 minutes remaining this is usually false and the battery can be drained in as little as 15 minutes.

My computer is a Dell Studio 1555: Pentium Dual Core T4300(2.1GHz,800MHz,1MB), 4096MB 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel, 512 MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4570
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: hellocatfood 1808 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: hellocatfood 1808 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfc500000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD73C1X5'
   Components : 'HDA:111d7675,102802be,00100103'
   Controls : 16
   Simple ctrls : 10
Card1.Amixer.info:
Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfc010000 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100100'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Frequency: Once a day.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e32470df-4c7e-4966-bc98-f9c810b99e0c
MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio 1555
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=7a990ac5-34ef-4ad3-b573-cdd12f3a4c95 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Regression: Yes
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
Reproducible: No
Tags: lucid kconfig regression-release needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare video
dmi.bios.date: 07/03/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A07
dmi.board.name: 0C234M
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A07
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A07
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd07/03/2009:svnDellInc.:pnStudio1555:pvrA07:rvnDellInc.:rn0C234M:rvrA07:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA07:
dmi.product.name: Studio 1555
dmi.product.version: A07
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee) wrote on 2010-05-07:

Hi Antonio,

Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . If the issue remains, please run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 576547

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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tags:	added: needs-kernel-logs
tags:	added: needs-upstream-testing
tags:	added: kj-triage
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: AlsaDevices.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: AplayDevices.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: BootDmesg.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: Card0.Amixer.values.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: Card1.Codecs.codec.0.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: CurrentDmesg.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: IwConfig.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: Lspci.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: Lsusb.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: PciMultimedia.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: ProcCpuinfo.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: RfKill.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: UdevDb.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: UdevLog.txt

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Antonio Roberts (hellocatfood) wrote on 2010-05-09: WifiSyslog.txt

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Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee) wrote on 2010-08-12:

#20

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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tags:	added: kj-expired
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status:	Incomplete → Expired

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Mariusz Luczak (mzluczak) wrote on 2010-08-12: apport information

#21

AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
AplayDevices:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: kasia 1324 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7eb8000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,1043831a,00100004'
   Controls : 12
   Simple ctrls : 7
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=91568e3e-bfd1-4f2a-9e22-060583373bb0
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429.4)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 901
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=9ab0613f-f27b-4bfe-ba16-4f18a74796cf ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=pl_PL.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Regression: Yes
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1
Reproducible: Yes
Tags: lucid ubuntu-une regression-release needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
UnreportableReason: Your home partition has less than 7 MB of free space available, which leads to a lot of problems. Please free some space.
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2103
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 901
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.version: x.x
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2103:bd06/11/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn901:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn901:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTekComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
dmi.product.name: 901
dmi.product.version: x.x
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  kasia      1324 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7eb8000 irq 16'
   Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC269'
   Components	: 'HDA:10ec0269,1043831a,00100004'
   Controls      : 12
   Simple ctrls  : 7
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=91568e3e-bfd1-4f2a-9e22-060583373bb0
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429.4)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 901
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=9ab0613f-f27b-4bfe-ba16-4f18a74796cf ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=pl_PL.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Regression: Yes
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1
Reproducible: Yes
Tags: lucid ubuntu-une  regression-release needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
UnreportableReason: Your home partition has less than 7 MB of free space available, which leads to a lot of problems. Please free some space.
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2103
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 901
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.version: x.x
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2103:bd06/11/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn901:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn901:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTekComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
dmi.product.name: 901
dmi.product.version: x.x
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

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Mariusz Luczak (mzluczak) wrote on 2010-08-12: AlsaDevices.txt

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status:	Expired → New

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Mariusz Luczak (mzluczak) wrote on 2010-08-12:

#38

It is the same problem with EEEPC 901. I have tried maverick-netbook-alpha3 release today, but this problem still exist.

Brad Figg (brad-figg) on 2011-05-04

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2012-10-15:

#39

Antonio Roberts, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the kernel in the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested and remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the text:
needs-upstream-testing

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, please comment as to why specifically you were unable to test it and add the following tags:
kernel-unable-to-test-upstream
kernel-unable-to-test-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-12-15:

#40

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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