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Re: Notebook freezes when on battery

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On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:08:26 -0500, philo wrote:

> On 07/13/2011 03:50 AM, Anton Meyninger wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am using Ubuntu 11.04 x64 with the default Desktop and I have the
>> following problem: As soon as I take out my power cable and my notebook
>> runs on battery, it freezes within ten seconds. Then, I can't use my
>> mouse any more. Putting the cable back in doesn't work, so I have to
>> "hard shutdown" and reboot.
>> Do you know what could cause that behaviour?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Anton
> 
> 
> Is the battery any good?
> 
> Perhaps the voltage drops substantially

Actually, I don't think its a problem of the battery. At least the 
battery worked with Fedora a couple of months ago while it hasn't been 
working with ubuntu since 9.10, I think... I recently installed the 
newest ubuntu and was reminded about that problem.

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Notebook freezes when on battery Anton Meyninger <anton.meyninger@gmail.com> - 2011-07-13 09:50 +0100
  Re: Notebook freezes when on battery philo <philo@invalid.not> - 2011-07-13 06:08 -0500
    Re: Notebook freezes when on battery Anton Meyninger <anton.meyninger@gmail.com> - 2011-07-13 13:42 +0100

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