Comment 27 for bug 410604

I hate to be a bugmancer and raise this from the dead, but I believe it is better than cloning the issue (Even if it increases the heat). My problem is not being solved by removing the battery or any bios setting -indeed, windows reports battery levels correctly-.

At full charge, a battery that lasts 8 hrs in windows is down to 6 in Mint (I am ok with the compromise), but the problem is that those 6hrs are reported to only last a little over 4 hrs by the power manager. When I let it die and plugged it in, the power manager reported a 2% charge and 1hr13min of use (which as I type hasn't changed even though it has gained 10% charge). Obviously, something is not working as anticipated.

I do work in data entry, coding, and multimedia, so knowing how much battery life I can expect is important; I would ask that the importance be upped to medium as a power failure could result in the loss of user data, or worse (during an update this bug could damage an install). I would also ask for an elevation of this bug as it has not been solved for, or addressed in, 5 years.