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[Tuomo Kohvakka <tuomo.kohvakka@xxxxxx>]

Yep, this is more like a regression bug than anything else. I can see
that the choice has been made to protect stupid user from losing data,
but this isn't how it should have been done. Add a warning dialog or
something if you need to, but please let user decide on this.

It's really annoying to have a brick on your lap while knowing that
there's actually 4 hours juice left on battery, it's just the $0.01 dumb
chip on a two year old battery that says it's critical. Regular user
shouldn't need to go to gconf-editor to work around this.

Calibrating doesn't seem to be long term solution either for some
batteries, and there's no easy fix for that.

A workaround (at least on 10.04):

Using gconf-editor, change /apps/gnome-power-
manager/actions/critical_battery to "nothing". Power manager GUI does
recognize this, too, unless you change it back.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/678265

Title:
  'do nothing' option for critical battery removed - prevents battery
  calibration

Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

  The option to 'do nothing' when the battery reaches critical level has
  been removed.  This means I am unable in Ubuntu to run my battery down
  to 0% to recalibrate it.  This was introduced in version 10.04 which
  means I haven't been able to re-calibrate my battery in months and
  it's starting to suffer as a result with the capacity constantly
  reducing.

  Please can you re-instate the option so I can properly re-calibrate my
  battery once again.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: gnome-power-manager 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Nov 21 19:40:33 2010
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-power-manager
  GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
  GnomeSessionInhibitors: None
  GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: No
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  MachineType: Acer Aspire 5535
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=0ad95af5-d131-426f-876a-6a9924ac89d3 ro quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1024x768-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LANG=en_GB.utf8
  SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager
  dmi.bios.date: 11/04/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
  dmi.bios.version: V1.04
  dmi.board.name: Aspire 5535
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: Rev
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.04:bd11/04/2008:svnAcer:pnAspire5535:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnAspire5535:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: Aspire 5535
  dmi.product.version: 0100
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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