[02:48] <philipballew> What would cause a battery to work, but not be recognized?
[02:48] <philipballew> as in not show up in the panel or power settings?
[02:53] <akk> Laptop? Some laptop batteries (esp. Dell) have circuitry that identify them, and non brand name batteries lack that circuit.
[02:53] <izdubar> Has it been working?
[02:54] <izdubar> Is it a change- as in battery dying?
[02:54] <izdubar> http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned What is Linux class #TIL in Oakland
[02:54] <darthrobot> [R: sudoroom.org] Title: [Today I Learned - Sudoroom.org]
[03:01] <philipballew> izdubar, akk My battery that came with the laptop died and I got a used dell brand one for free.
[03:02] <akk> It's possible that it's not really a Dell, but a Chinese/ebay imitation that doesn't have the Dell circuitry.
[03:02] <philipballew> I'm tempted to open both up and see what the difference between them is.
[03:02] <akk> There are a lot of those.
[03:03] <philipballew> It says "Made in Japan", but people might lie about that...
[03:03] <akk> Yeah, a lot of fake Chinese Arduinos say Made in Italy, Arduino.cc etc.
[03:03] <izdubar> Sometimes power part of GUI is smoke/mirrors/duct tape too. Counterfeits exist
[03:03] <akk> They lie.
[03:04] <izdubar> akk is *as always* correct :)
[03:04] <akk> d had a fake Dell battery (from ebay) for his Dell Mini 9 and he never figured out a way to get it recognized.
[03:04] <akk> He contacted the seller who said it wasn't worth sending it back, they just refunded the money.
[03:04] <akk> So he still has it, it works but doesn't show up right in battery/acpi stats.
[03:04] <izdubar> !addfact R2Pi2 akk is always correct (on major issues)
[03:04] <EureCA> izdubar: Error: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :)
[03:04] <darthrobot> izdubar: Error: "addfact" is not a valid command.
[03:05] <philipballew> I got the battery for free so I am not mad about much. Though having a laptop die without me knowing might be annoying.
[03:05] <akk> yeah
[03:05] <akk> You might just have to keep track of running time yourself (or use uptime or something)
[03:07] <philipballew> I might be able to use spare parts lying around to put a meeter on the battery connection to display the battery strength. I have too many parts lying around to ever find things do with...
[03:08] <philipballew> I might be able to use spare parts lying around to put a meeter on the battery connection to display the battery strength. I have too many parts lying around to ever find things do with...'"ive with it"
[03:08] <philipballew> *Live