Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
When installing Manjaro Cinnamon, the battery can be stuck at 10% or not changing.
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check your tlp settings:
sudo tlp-stat --battery
which indicated:
Install acpi_call kernel module for ThinkPad battery recalibration
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If that’s the case, install
acpi_call
. As there are several versions, the below tutorial usesdkms
so it’s available for all of your kernels.pamac install acpi_call-dkms
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change your
mkinitcpio.conf
file to includeMODULES=(battery)
:sudo nano --backup /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
- Press Ctrl+W
- Type
MODULES=
and hit Enter - to find the line starting with
MODULES
- If that line starts with
#
, please remove the hash character - If not, ensure that line contains
(battery)
.
- If that line starts with
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reinitialize your initial RAM disk environment:
sudo mkinitcpio --allpresets
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Reboot:
sudo reboot
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