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Asked: 2013-11-18 08:55:12 +0800 CST

How to avoid shutdown on critical battery?

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There exists a well-known bug in gnome-power-manager, which breaks Ubuntu on computers with 2 or more batteries. If one is empty, Ubuntu will shutdown ('critical battery'). As a workaround, it can useful to disable shutdown on critical battery status. However with Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, the GUI doesn't allow this. What can I do?

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  1. Best Answer

    Please install dconf-editor (sudo apt-get install dconf-editor) and go to

    org gnome settings-daemon plugins power

    Click the shutdown that is highlighted and choose "nothing" from the options as seen in this screenshot:

    enter image description here

    Please do be careful. If the 2nd battery runs out of juice be sure to shutdown yourself.

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  2. Shutdown the system and dismount the empty battery. BTW, that bug was fixed 9 years ago. If you experience it again, then is obviously another bug.

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