Hello everyone,
my Thinkpad X121e (Core i3 SandyBridge cpu) has problems with tlp battery charge thresholds, i simply can not set them. tlp reports:
t+++ Battery Care
Plugin: **generic**
Supported features: none available
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/charge_control_start_threshold = (not available)
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/charge_control_end_threshold = (not available
The plugin should be thinkpad.
When I look in dmesg I find this error:
[ 8.361369] ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC__.HKEY: BCTG evaluated but flagged as error
[ 8.361378] thinkpad_acpi: Error probing battery 2
[ 8.361384] ACPI: battery: extension failed to load: ThinkPad Battery Extension
[ 8.361390] ACPI: battery: extension unregistered: ThinkPad Battery Extension
The modules thinkpad_acpi is loaded afterwards (confirmed with lsmod), but somehow there is a problem with battery extensions. AFAIK the X121e is supported by thinkpad_acpi (my other Thinkpad, a X220 with very similar hardware, does not have this problem).
I tried kernels 6.1.38 and 5.15.120 (both LTS).
Anyone has an idea how i could proceed from here?
System:
Kernel: 6.1.38-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
root=UUID=9e8150f5-e2f8-4df9-bb61-713c46cc01cb rw quiet splash
resume=UUID=c1350cf0-ed22-407d-b2ef-f5ebd2238f09 udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 304579G v: ThinkPad X121e
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 304579G serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO
v: 8QET53WW (1.14 ) date: 10/25/2011
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 48.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 48.8/48.8 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 12.5 min: 11.1 model: SANYO 42T4957 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
Memory:
System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.68 GiB used: 3.16 GiB (41.1%)
igpu: 64 MiB
Array-1: capacity: 16 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 4 GiB note: est.
Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
speed: 1333 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai part-no: HMT451S6BFR8A-PB serial: <filter>
Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 type: no module installed
Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
speed: 1333 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai part-no: HMT451S6BFR8A-PB serial: <filter>
Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 type: no module installed
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-2367M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge
gen: core 2 level: v2 built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6
model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 971 high: 1400 min/max: 800/1400 base/boost: 1400/1400
scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil volts: 1.2 V
ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 800 2: 1400 3: 888 4: 798 bogomips: 11176
Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb est flush_l1d
fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr
nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni
popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdtscp sep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
stibp syscall tm tm2 tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme x2apic xsave xsaveopt
xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 code: Sandybridge
process: Intel 32nm built: 2011 ports: active: LVDS-1
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0116
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Bison Lenovo Integrated Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 2-1.4:4
chip-ID: 5986:01a6 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
s-diag: 414mm (16.31") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Seiko Epson 0x3143 built: 2011 res: 1366x768
dpi: 136 gamma: 1.2 size: 256x144mm (10.08x5.67") diag: 294mm (11.6")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 23.0.4 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB
GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
vendor: Lenovo 6 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.38-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.74 status: off with: wireplumber status: active
tools: pw-cli,wpctl
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active (root, process)
with: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [Condor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:0084 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo
driver: atl1c v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000
bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:1083 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: wwp0s29u1u6i6 state: down mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 13.58 GiB (5.8%)
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD Blue SA510 2.5 250GB size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B sata: 3.2 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0100 temp: 34 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 1 hrs cycles: 51 read: 21 KiB
written: 48 KiB
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 228.69 GiB size: 228.57 GiB (99.95%) used: 13.58 GiB (5.9%)
fs: xfs block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: 9e8150f5-e2f8-4df9-bb61-713c46cc01cb
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
label: N/A uuid: B9F8-F3C0
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.91 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: c1350cf0-ed22-407d-b2ef-f5ebd2238f09
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-1.1:3 info: CHERRY USB Device type: mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 046a:b103 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 2-1.4:4 info: Bison Lenovo Integrated Webcam type: video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 5986:01a6 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 2-1.6:7 info: Ericsson Business Mobile Networks BV F5521gw
type: communication,abstract (modem),CDC-data driver: cdc_acm,cdc_ncm,cdc_wdm
interfaces: 11 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
chip-ID: 0bdb:1911 class-ID: 0202 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0 C mobo: 0.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 566 fan-2: 566
Info:
Processes: 206 Uptime: 36m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
pkgs: 1190 libs: 367 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Bash (su)
v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.28
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