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Nathan Osman
Asked: 2010-07-29 11:04:21 +0800 CST

How to get the "Your battery is broken" message to go away?

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Every time I turn on my computer, I see a message saying something like:

Your battery may be old or broken.

I am already aware that my battery is bad. How do I suppress this message?

power-management notification

4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Maybe these instructions will help you to get rid of that message.

    Added instructions from the link, Alt+F2, then type in gconf-editor.

    Navigate to /apps/gnome-power-manager/notify/low_capacity and untick the value.

    Or a single command:

    gconftool --set /apps/gnome-power-manager/notify/low_capacity --type boolean false
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  2. This worked for me:

    If you have a machine with Windows as a dual-boot option, you can boot to Windows and let the battery recharge here. When the battery has recharged for a while, you can boot to Ubuntu and let it do the rest.

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  3. I run this:

    gconftool --set /org/mate/power-manager/notify-low-power --type boolean false
gconftool --set /org/mate/power-manager/notify-low-capacity --type boolean false
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  4. In Ubuntu mate, gconf editor is not installed by default and installing it will not help.

    Instead, you should use dconf editor.
    You will need to navigate to /org/mate/power-manager and then untick notify-low-capacity.

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