Recently I ordered battery replacements for my Lenovo Thinkpad T460s which runs Ubuntu 22.04. While installing the batteries, Ubuntu had no issues recognizing the extra battery but didn't seem to recognize/charge the main one. "Power statistics" shows the following:
Also tried to run sudo tlp-stat -s -c -b:
--- TLP 1.5.0 --------------------------------------------
+++ Configured Settings:
defaults.conf L0004: TLP_ENABLE="1"
defaults.conf L0005: TLP_WARN_LEVEL="3"
defaults.conf L0006: TLP_PERSISTENT_DEFAULT="0"
defaults.conf L0007: DISK_IDLE_SECS_ON_AC="0"
defaults.conf L0008: DISK_IDLE_SECS_ON_BAT="2"
defaults.conf L0009: MAX_LOST_WORK_SECS_ON_AC="15"
defaults.conf L0010: MAX_LOST_WORK_SECS_ON_BAT="60"
defaults.conf L0011: CPU_ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_AC="balance_performance"
defaults.conf L0012: CPU_ENERGY_PERF_POLICY_ON_BAT="balance_power"
defaults.conf L0013: SCHED_POWERSAVE_ON_AC="0"
defaults.conf L0014: SCHED_POWERSAVE_ON_BAT="1"
defaults.conf L0015: NMI_WATCHDOG="0"
defaults.conf L0016: DISK_DEVICES="nvme0n1 sda"
defaults.conf L0017: DISK_APM_LEVEL_ON_AC="254 254"
defaults.conf L0018: DISK_APM_LEVEL_ON_BAT="128 128"
defaults.conf L0019: DISK_APM_CLASS_DENYLIST="usb ieee1394"
defaults.conf L0020: DISK_IOSCHED="keep keep"
defaults.conf L0021: SATA_LINKPWR_ON_AC="med_power_with_dipm max_performance"
defaults.conf L0022: SATA_LINKPWR_ON_BAT="med_power_with_dipm min_power"
defaults.conf L0023: AHCI_RUNTIME_PM_ON_AC="on"
defaults.conf L0024: AHCI_RUNTIME_PM_ON_BAT="auto"
defaults.conf L0025: AHCI_RUNTIME_PM_TIMEOUT="15"
defaults.conf L0026: PCIE_ASPM_ON_AC="default"
defaults.conf L0027: PCIE_ASPM_ON_BAT="default"
defaults.conf L0028: RADEON_DPM_PERF_LEVEL_ON_AC="auto"
defaults.conf L0029: RADEON_DPM_PERF_LEVEL_ON_BAT="auto"
defaults.conf L0030: RADEON_POWER_PROFILE_ON_AC="default"
defaults.conf L0031: RADEON_POWER_PROFILE_ON_BAT="default"
defaults.conf L0032: WIFI_PWR_ON_AC="off"
defaults.conf L0033: WIFI_PWR_ON_BAT="on"
defaults.conf L0034: WOL_DISABLE="Y"
defaults.conf L0035: SOUND_POWER_SAVE_ON_AC="1"
defaults.conf L0036: SOUND_POWER_SAVE_ON_BAT="1"
defaults.conf L0037: SOUND_POWER_SAVE_CONTROLLER="Y"
defaults.conf L0038: BAY_POWEROFF_ON_AC="0"
defaults.conf L0039: BAY_POWEROFF_ON_BAT="0"
defaults.conf L0040: BAY_DEVICE="sr0"
defaults.conf L0041: RUNTIME_PM_ON_AC="on"
defaults.conf L0042: RUNTIME_PM_ON_BAT="auto"
defaults.conf L0043: RUNTIME_PM_DRIVER_DENYLIST="mei_me nouveau radeon"
defaults.conf L0044: USB_AUTOSUSPEND="1"
defaults.conf L0045: USB_EXCLUDE_AUDIO="1"
defaults.conf L0046: USB_EXCLUDE_BTUSB="0"
defaults.conf L0047: USB_EXCLUDE_PHONE="0"
defaults.conf L0048: USB_EXCLUDE_PRINTER="1"
defaults.conf L0049: USB_EXCLUDE_WWAN="0"
defaults.conf L0050: USB_AUTOSUSPEND_DISABLE_ON_SHUTDOWN="0"
defaults.conf L0051: RESTORE_DEVICE_STATE_ON_STARTUP="0"
defaults.conf L0052: RESTORE_THRESHOLDS_ON_BAT="0"
defaults.conf L0053: NATACPI_ENABLE="1"
defaults.conf L0054: TPACPI_ENABLE="1"
defaults.conf L0055: TPSMAPI_ENABLE="1"
+++ System Info
System = LENOVO ThinkPad T460s 20F9003GUS
BIOS = N1CET78W (1.46 )
OS Release = Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Kernel = 5.15.0-56-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 22 19:54:14 UTC 2022 x86_64
/proc/cmdline = BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-56-generic root=UUID=a8dc07c9-10ea-48ea-894d-20b610fe44b6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Init system = systemd v249 (249.11-0ubuntu3.6)
Boot mode = UEFI
+++ TLP Status
State = enabled
RDW state = enabled
Last run = 19:56:34, 49 sec(s) ago
Mode = AC
Power source = AC
+++ Battery Care
Plugin: thinkpad
Supported features: charge thresholds, recalibration
Driver usage:
* natacpi (thinkpad_acpi) = active (charge thresholds)
* tpacpi-bat (acpi_call) = active (recalibration)
Parameter value ranges:
* START_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0/1: 0(off)..96(default)..99
* STOP_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0/1: 1..100(default)
+++ ThinkPad Battery Status: BAT0 (Main / Internal)
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/manufacturer = (not available)
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/model_name = (not available)
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/cycle_count = 0 (or not supported)
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status = Not charging
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_start_threshold = 99 [%]
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold = 100 [%]
tpacpi-bat.BAT0.forceDischarge = 0
+++ ThinkPad Battery Status: BAT1 (Ultrabay / Slice / Replaceable)
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/manufacturer = SMP
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/model_name = 01AV406
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/cycle_count = 0 (or not supported)
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/energy_full_design = 24000 [mWh]
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/energy_full = 22360 [mWh]
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/energy_now = 22340 [mWh]
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/power_now = 0 [mW]
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/status = Not charging
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/charge_control_start_threshold = 0 [%]
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/charge_control_end_threshold = 100 [%]
tpacpi-bat.BAT1.forceDischarge = 0
Charge = 99.9 [%]
Capacity = 93.2 [%]
+++ Charge total = 99.9 [%]
Any ideas on how to solve this?
