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Am 07.01.2024 um 05:57:47 Uhr schrieb David Chmelik:

TLP setting battery charging thresholds no longer works on my
Slackware GNU/Linux ThinkPad T400 laptop (says like can't get
thresholds) though apparently similar (battery_ctl.sh) may work on
FreeBSD UNIX. I tried this on two batteries (though I've had them
several years)... should I get a new battery or is this evidence of
other hardware breakage?

I assume a software problem.
Can you provide more information which software do you use to get those tresholds?

If it is a Slackware-specific question you can also try to ask in alt.os.linux.slackware.

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Am 22.01.2024 um 06:27:20 Uhr schrieb David Chmelik:

On Sun, 7 Jan 2024 12:14:38 +0100, Marco Moock wrote:

Am 07.01.2024 um 05:57:47 Uhr schrieb David Chmelik:

TLP setting battery charging thresholds no longer works on my
Slackware GNU/Linux ThinkPad T400 laptop (says like can't get
thresholds) though apparently similar (battery_ctl.sh) may work on
FreeBSD UNIX. I tried this on two batteries (though I've had them
several years)... should I get a new battery or is this evidence
of other hardware breakage?

I assume a software problem.
Can you provide more information which software do you use to get
those tresholds?

TLP

I think you should ask in the alt.os.linux.slackware group for that
specific to slackware.

Does that tool work from live systems (e.g. try Ubuntu)?

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Marco Moock <[email protected]> wrote:

Am 22.01.2024 um 06:27:20 Uhr schrieb David Chmelik:

On Sun, 7 Jan 2024 12:14:38 +0100, Marco Moock wrote:

Am 07.01.2024 um 05:57:47 Uhr schrieb David Chmelik:

TLP setting battery charging thresholds no longer works on my
Slackware GNU/Linux ThinkPad T400 laptop (says like can't get
thresholds) though apparently similar (battery_ctl.sh) may work on
FreeBSD UNIX. I tried this on two batteries (though I've had them
several years)... should I get a new battery or is this evidence
of other hardware breakage?

I assume a software problem.
Can you provide more information which software do you use to get
those tresholds?

TLP

I think you should ask in the alt.os.linux.slackware group for that
specific to slackware.

Does that tool work from live systems (e.g. try Ubuntu)?

Uh for T400 I think that's old enough to still use tp_smapi kernel module
to control charge thresholds. You can use a utility to adjust thresholds or adjust directly using the sysfs interface. Pretty much all the info you'd
need to work with it can be found here:
https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Tp_smapi

Newer thinkpads tp-acpi gets used (later than sandy bridge) which uses the acpi_call kernel module instead.

Joe

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David Chmelik <[email protected]> wrote:

On Mon, 05 Feb 2024 20:32:44 GMT, [email protected]d wrote:

Marco Moock <[email protected]> wrote:

Am 22.01.2024 um 06:27:20 Uhr schrieb David Chmelik:

On Sun, 7 Jan 2024 12:14:38 +0100, Marco Moock wrote:

Am 07.01.2024 um 05:57:47 Uhr schrieb David Chmelik:

TLP setting battery charging thresholds no longer works on my
Slackware GNU/Linux ThinkPad T400 laptop (says like can't get
thresholds) though apparently similar (battery_ctl.sh) may work on >>>>>> FreeBSD UNIX. I tried this on two batteries (though I've had them >>>>>> several years)... should I get a new battery or is this evidence of >>>>>> other hardware breakage?

I assume a software problem.
Can you provide more information which software do you use to get
those tresholds?

TLP

I think you should ask in the alt.os.linux.slackware group for that
specific to slackware. [...]

Uh for T400 I think that's old enough to still use tp_smapi kernel
module to control charge thresholds. You can use a utility to adjust
thresholds or adjust directly using the sysfs interface. Pretty much all
the info you'd need to work with it can be found here:
https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Tp_smapi [...]

That's what TLP is but apparently this module doesn't exist in Linux
kernel 5.15.145.

tp_smapi was always an out of tree driver not in the mainline linux kernel. slackbuilds.org appears to have it for slackware 15, look for tp_smapi.
Once installed modprobe tp_smapi and you should be able to follow the wiki
page I linked earlier to control it.

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On 06.02.2024 um 04:51 Uhr David Chmelik wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 09:03:27 +0100, Marco Moock wrote:

Am 22.01.2024 um 06:27:20 Uhr schrieb David Chmelik:

On Sun, 7 Jan 2024 12:14:38 +0100, Marco Moock wrote:

Am 07.01.2024 um 05:57:47 Uhr schrieb David Chmelik:

TLP setting battery charging thresholds no longer works on my
Slackware GNU/Linux ThinkPad T400 laptop (says like can't get
thresholds) though apparently similar (battery_ctl.sh) may work
on FreeBSD UNIX. I tried this on two batteries (though I've
had them several years)... should I get a new battery or is
this evidence of other hardware breakage?

I assume a software problem.
Can you provide more information which software do you use to get
those tresholds?

TLP

I think you should ask in the alt.os.linux.slackware group for that specific to slackware.

It's not Slackware-specific!

Then comp.os.linux.misc.

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kind regards
Marco

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