Problems with KLaptop

Jeremy Baker jab-76OBl6+JcyzDN57Tih+YPw at public.gmane.org
Wed Jan 7 05:48:18 UTC 2004


Can you dual boot it to windows?  I have and I get the same condition.  
I am fairly certain the battery is faulty.

Jeremy Baker

Brad Fonseca wrote:

>I'm running Mandrake 9.2 on a Compaq Armada E500 laptop.  When I first 
>installed the system, KLaptop would helpfully warn me when the batteries was 
>low.  Recently, I've run into the problem where the Klaptop monitor says I 
>still have 40% on the battery but then the laptop suddenly powers off as if 
>the battery is dead.  
>
>Is there a way to fix this?  The battery seems to last the same length of time 
>as before, it's just that KLaptop seems to have an inaccurate measure of 
>remaining battery life.
>
>Regards,
>
>Brad Fonseca
>
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