Battery Question - T460s

[Dugrath]

Hello again....as I find another issue with my laptop. Everything has been running fine, but I have found another bug, that seems from what I can conclude to be from UPower.

My t460s has 2 batteries and when it's unplugged, as battery 1 drains and battery 2 takes over, my laptop just shuts down. These other posts seem to confirm this is a long standing issue, I didn't have windows on here long enough to determine if its OS related or not.

EDIT: This did not happen on my Manjaro install ever. I had left my laptop unplugged plenty of times and this never occured. KDE 20.0? Mikah I think.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55278

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Disc ... -p/3890605

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=198917

What does removing UPower do? Is there some type of alternative I should use? Or should I just do a uninstall reinstall and see if it self corrects?

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UPower client version 0.99.10
UPower daemon version 0.99.10

Thank you for your time and help.

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System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.6.0-2-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6.0-2-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           init=/lib/systemd/systemd init=/lib/systemd/systemd 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.14.5 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM 
           Distro: MX-19.2_KDE_x64 patito feo August 16  2020 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20FAS0S11M v: ThinkPad T460s 
           serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 20FAS0S11M v: SDK0J40697 WIN serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO 
           v: N1CET63W (1.31 ) date: 12/19/2017 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 0 Wh condition: 19.7/23.5 Wh (84%) volts: 10.4/11.4 
           model: SMP 00HW023 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Unknown 
           ID-2: BAT1 charge: 14.1 Wh condition: 18.6/26.3 Wh (71%) volts: 11.6/11.4 
           model: SANYO 01AV405 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging 
           Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M570 serial: <filter> charge: 85% 
           rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-6600U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           arch: Skylake family: 6 model-id: 4E (78) stepping: 3 microcode: D6 
           L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 22399 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 400/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 
           4: 800 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 
           mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
           IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 520 vendor: Lenovo Skylake GT2 driver: i915 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:1916 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           compositor: kwin_x11 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 520 (SKL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.8 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:9d70 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.6.0-2-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
           port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:156f 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: efa0 
           bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 8086:24f3 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 38.12 GiB (16.0%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Intel model: SSDSCKKF256H6L size: 238.47 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: L12P 
           scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 236.19 GiB size: 231.49 GiB (98.01%) used: 38.12 GiB (16.5%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap 
           swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ buster main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb https://mirror.genesisadaptive.com/mxlinux/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           2: deb https://mirror.genesisadaptive.com/mxlinux/mx/repo/ buster ahs
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 208 Uptime: 29m Memory: 11.44 GiB used: 1.10 GiB (9.6%) 
           Init: systemd v: 241 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 
           Shell: quick-system-in running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 

[m_pav]

My T560 has no such issue. The external battery drains first then switches over when it reaches 5% as set by TLPUI, a utility to help control Power Management in Thinkpads. MX comes with tlp preinstalled but with a basic config. TLPUI is simply a user interface for TLP. You can install it through the standard repos.

The issue stems from a setting that tells your machine to shut-down when the battery is drained and though it sees 2 batteries, the first to drain triggers the shutdown event.

I would encourage you to check the BIOS version is up to date and if not, make it so. Lenovo are very good at providing very long term support through BIOS updates for their business class machines..

[Dugrath]

My T560 has no such issue. The external battery drains first then switches over when it reaches 5% as set by TLPUI, a utility to help control Power Management in Thinkpads. MX comes with tlp preinstalled but with a basic config. TLPUI is simply a user interface for TLP. You can install it through the standard repos.

The issue stems from a setting that tells your machine to shut-down when the battery is drained and though it sees 2 batteries, the first to drain triggers the shutdown event.

I would encourage you to check the BIOS version is up to date and if not, make it so. Lenovo are very good at providing very long term support through BIOS updates for their business class machines..

Thank you, Ill give those a shot and update.

[Antediluvian]

I'm not very computer savvy so for my Thinkpads (X240 & X260) I just copied the configuration for TLP found at github here. In the comments section there someone said it worked great for their T460.

Go here for the TLP documentation.

[Dugrath]

I upgraded TLP in the MX repo and as far as I know thus far, that seems to have worked. I looked at the github battery config and didnt see anything different from what is currently set.

still plan on upgrading the BIOS just need to find a flashdrive around. Gonna keep a video running and make sure it is actually fixed.

Thanks guys!