setting /xfce4-power-manager/critical-power-level to 55

[killermoehre]

Am 31.03.2015 um 11:34 schrieb Liviu Andronic:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 9:52 AM, killermoehre <killermoehre at gmx.net>
> wrote:
> > Am 31.03.2015 um 09:40 schrieb Liviu Andronic:
> > > Dear all,
> > > My laptop battery has started going haywire (it would only charge to
> > > 50% of its design capacity), so I need xfce4-power-manager to Suspend
> > > at something like 55% of charge when on battery.
> > >
> > > However, I notice that I can't set up critical-power-level at anything
> > > above 20%. If instead I try to use the Settings Editor and set
> > > /xfce4-power-manager/critical-power-level to 55, it seems to save the
> > > value but in the xfpm GUI I can see instead the default "10%", and I
> > > get no suspend/notification at 55%. So I guess the Settings Editor
> > > value  is simply ignored.
> > >
> > > Is there a way to have a critical-power-level above 20% with xfpm?
> >pbl >
> > > Regards,
> > > Liviu
> > >
> > Instead of working around your bad battery you should recalibrate
> it. This will tell the battery firmware what the new high and low
> values are. How to do this depends on your battery.
> >
> I see. I have a Dell laptop. Any ideas how to approach recalibrating
> it? Is BIOS, perhaps some hardware specific tool?
>
> Thanks,
> Liviu
>
>
> > Regards
> > killermoehre

According to a quick google search you should be able to do this from
the BIOS. Please ask the Dell support for more help.

Regards
killermoehre

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