Problem with a brand new Asus laptop

Exilarch · Nov 23, 2012, 11:31 PM

Hi guys, longtime lurker here.

I need your help. Two days ago I bought an Asus laptop, model x501u and installed Ubuntu 12.10 on it. However, today I ran into a problem with it. Battery is now stuck at 2% after 4 hours of charging and I don't know what to do about it. Every time I turn it on I get a warning message for low battery, and stays that way. What am I doing wrong? Is this behavior normal for new laptops? Does the battery needs some conditioning? Could this be an Ubuntu bug? I must admit I'm new to Linux, so please don't get angry.

freaksavior · Nov 23, 2012, 11:49 PM

http://askubuntu.com/questions/13920...e-powermanager

Nov 23, 2012, 11:31 PM	#1
Exilarch Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 1 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Problem with a brand new Asus laptop Hi guys, longtime lurker here. I need your help. Two days ago I bought an Asus laptop, model x501u and installed Ubuntu 12.10 on it. However, today I ran into a problem with it. Battery is now stuck at 2% after 4 hours of charging and I don't know what to do about it. Every time I turn it on I get a warning message for low battery, and stays that way. What am I doing wrong? Is this behavior normal for new laptops? Does the battery needs some conditioning? Could this be an Ubuntu bug? I must admit I'm new to Linux, so please don't get angry.

Nov 23, 2012, 11:49 PM	#2
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