Fedora 39 KDE Plasma battery not charging but detected

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Hi guys, I just installed Fedora alongside Windows 11. Everything went okay, but I noticed that the battery is not charging on Fedora, but it shows up as 100% on Windows and charges normally.

I also noticed that if I unplug the charger while on Fedora, my laptop turns off, but works fine on windwos.

On the control panel it shows the battery as 0% charged and not charging.

I ran Upower and got this output:

upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
native-path: BAT0
vendor: HP
model: Primary
serial: SerialNumber
power supply: yes
updated: Fri 01 Mar 2024 04:11:57 PM -03 (24 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: pending-charge
warning-level: none
energy: 0 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 0 Wh
energy-full-design: 0 Wh
energy-rate: 0 W
charge-cycles: N/A
percentage: 0%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: ‘battery-caution-charging-symbolic’
I also ran tlp-stat -b and got this:

– TLP 1.5.0 --------------------------------------------

+++ Battery Care
Plugin: generic
Supported features: none available

+++ Battery Status: BAT0
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/manufacturer = HP
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/model_name = Primary
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/cycle_count = 0 (or not supported)
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status = Not charging

/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_start_threshold = (not available)
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold = (not available)

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Very strange, good infos already, please add hardware infos, what manifacturer, what make, what embedded controller and BIOS version etc.

Also please use ``` before and after codeblocks :smiley:

Try these commands to get the infos:

sudo dmidecode -t system | grep -E 'Manufacturer|Product|Version|Serial'
sudo dmidecode -t bios | grep -E 'Version|Vendor|Release Date'
sudo dmidecode -t baseboard | grep -E 'Manufacturer|Product|Version'
sudo fwupdmgr get-devices
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i have similar issues. Even though my laptop is fully charged, if I turn it off, without AC I cannot turn it on again. After turned on with AC, the control panel also shows battery 0%.

please find my device info here:

	Manufacturer: PCSpecialist
	Product Name: GM7TG7P
	Version: Standard
	Serial Number: GM7TG7P2212507893
	Vendor: American Megatrends International, LLC.
	Version: N.1.07A05
	Release Date: 07/09/2021
	Manufacturer: TongFang
	Product Name: GM7TG7P
	Version: Standard
PCSpecialist GM7TG7P
│
├─11th Gen Intel Core™ i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz:
│     Device ID:          4bde70ba4e39b28f9eab1628f9dd6e6244c03027
│     Current version:    0x0000004e
│     Vendor:             Intel
│     GUIDs:              a6bd4ca5-75a6-5796-b564-66b5cab1b11b ← CPUID\PRO_0&FAM_06&MOD_8D
│                         d9dd5e77-df17-5bab-b5ec-22827598bfed ← CPUID\PRO_0&FAM_06&MOD_8D&STP_1
│     Device Flags:       • Internal device
│   
├─Corsair MP400:
│     Device ID:          03281da317dccd2b18de2bd1cc70a782df40ed7e
│     Summary:            NVM Express solid state drive
│     Current version:    ECFM53.0
│     Vendor:             Phison Electronics Corporation (NVME:0x1987)
│     Serial Number:      212179220001307754D8
│     GUIDs:              a44eb54c-5441-56f2-8cc0-5e48964c6457 ← NVME\VEN_1987&DEV_5012
│                         94e27f4a-86e3-53a2-a728-18db5dd2be18 ← NVME\VEN_1987&DEV_5012&SUBSYS_19875012
│                         1021ce6e-537a-57e5-ab73-6e4c6606f3f2 ← Corsair MP400
│     Device Flags:       • Internal device
│                         • Updatable
│                         • System requires external power source
│                         • Needs shutdown after installation
│                         • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│   
├─Corsair MP400:
│     Device ID:          67d165dda33e98d725ddf02dbef2576fcc386468
│     Summary:            NVM Express solid state drive
│     Current version:    ECFM53.0
│     Vendor:             Phison Electronics Corporation (NVME:0x1987)
│     Serial Number:      2121792200013077554E
│     GUIDs:              a44eb54c-5441-56f2-8cc0-5e48964c6457 ← NVME\VEN_1987&DEV_5012
│                         94e27f4a-86e3-53a2-a728-18db5dd2be18 ← NVME\VEN_1987&DEV_5012&SUBSYS_19875012
│                         1021ce6e-537a-57e5-ab73-6e4c6606f3f2 ← Corsair MP400
│     Device Flags:       • Internal device
│                         • Updatable
│                         • System requires external power source
│                         • Needs shutdown after installation
│                         • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│   
├─GA104M [GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q]:
│     Device ID:          ce4c74a5188d5b9cdb1e72ed32dad2d313c1c999
│     Current version:    a1
│     Vendor:             NVIDIA Corporation (PCI:0x10DE, PCI:0x8086)
│     GUIDs:              402f12fa-651c-57c6-b5c5-cf4e59c4cce7 ← PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_249D
│                         5b39aa52-09cc-5a61-b2dc-e1daecd8fa4e ← PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_249D&SUBSYS_1D051147
│                         c7dac7da-12ca-57be-ba1d-8617ec295689 ← PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9A01
│                         de8c6099-853d-54c0-9039-67d1f879961c ← PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9A01&SUBSYS_1D051147
│     Device Flags:       • Internal device
│                         • Cryptographic hash verification is available
│   
├─System Firmware:
│ │   Device ID:          a45df35ac0e948ee180fe216a5f703f32dda163f
│ │   Summary:            UEFI ESRT device
│ │   Current version:    107
│ │   Minimum Version:    107
│ │   Vendor:             PCSpecialist (DMI:American Megatrends International, LLC.)
│ │   Update State:       Success
│ │   GUID:               00e2da2a-8848-5087-b61b-b5bd1ede0d21
│ │   Device Flags:       • Internal device
│ │                       • Updatable
│ │                       • System requires external power source
│ │                       • Needs a reboot after installation
│ │                       • Cryptographic hash verification is available
│ │                       • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│ │   Device Requests:    • Message
│ │ 
│ ├─BootGuard Configuration:
│ │     Device ID:        b0d4430dfa6bde9f0c22680df36dbc8c15c80753
│ │     Current version:  11
│ │     Vendor:           Intel Corporation (MEI:0x8086)
│ │     GUIDs:            dd17041c-09ea-4b17-a271-5b989867ec65
│ │                       0ad638e6-06cd-51c3-ab0d-d7f8f7d49418 ← MEI\VEN_8086&DEV_43E0
│ │                       df7b71f4-2e3c-5746-9d63-f672bd3843a2 ← MEI\VEN_8086&DEV_43E0&SUBSYS_1D051147
│ │     Device Flags:     • Internal device
│ │   
│ └─UEFI dbx:
│       Device ID:        362301da643102b9f38477387e2193e57abaa590
│       Summary:          UEFI revocation database
│       Current version:  371
│       Minimum Version:  371
│       Vendor:           UEFI:Linux Foundation
│       Install Duration: 1 second
│       GUIDs:            f8ba2887-9411-5c36-9cee-88995bb39731 ← UEFI\CRT_A1117F516A32CEFCBA3F2D1ACE10A87972FD6BBE8FE0D0B996E09E65D802A503&ARCH_X64
│                         5c4d2cf8-1c74-5a71-b0db-f9e297f5da67 ← UEFI\CRT_37CF9D3EA66EA9BFF4684A50D3CDB316A225E51D3F493DCA430BBC3318160DD5&ARCH_X64
│       Device Flags:     • Internal device
│                         • Updatable
│                         • Supported on remote server
│                         • Needs a reboot after installation
│                         • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│                         • Only version upgrades are allowed
│                         • Signed Payload
│     
│     
├─TPM:
│     Device ID:          c6a80ac3a22083423992a3cb15018989f37834d6
│     Summary:            TPM 2.0 Device
│     Current version:    600.7.0.0
│     Vendor:             Intel (TPM:INTC)
│     GUIDs:              34801700-3a50-5b05-820c-fe14580e4c2d ← TPM\VEN_INTC&DEV_0000
│                         00d06c7f-2244-5a35-aa98-5d60704b3f5d ← TPM\VEN_INTC&MOD_TGL
│                         03f304f4-223e-54f4-b2c1-c3cf3b5817c6 ← TPM\VEN_INTC&DEV_0000&VER_2.0
│                         9c3106c7-42ca-5099-9363-96ef5c22cbf7 ← TPM\VEN_INTC&MOD_TGL&VER_2.0
│     Device Flags:       • Internal device
│                         • System requires external power source
│                         • Needs a reboot after installation
│                         • Device can recover flash failures
│                         • Full disk encryption secrets may be invalidated when updating
│                         • Signed Payload
│   
├─TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]:
│     Device ID:          5792b48846ce271fab11c4a545f7a3df0d36e00a
│     Current version:    01
│     Vendor:             Intel Corporation (PCI:0x8086)
│     GUIDs:              542e165e-ec6d-59dd-b7c2-60892a04d76a ← PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9A60
│                         081e61a7-f231-5cb6-833c-eddb208b2cca ← PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_9A60&SUBSYS_1D051147
│     Device Flags:       • Internal device
│                         • Cryptographic hash verification is available
│   
├─UEFI Device Firmware:
│     Device ID:          349bb341230b1a86e5effe7dfe4337e1590227bd
│     Summary:            UEFI ESRT device
│     Current version:    52
│     Minimum Version:    52
│     Vendor:             DMI:American Megatrends International, LLC.
│     Update State:       Success
│     GUID:               69585d92-b50a-4ad7-b265-2eb1ae066574
│     Device Flags:       • Internal device
│                         • Updatable
│                         • System requires external power source
│                         • Needs a reboot after installation
│                         • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│     Device Requests:    • Message
│   
├─UEFI Device Firmware:
│     Device ID:          2292ae5236790b47884e37cf162dcf23bfcd1c60
│     Summary:            UEFI ESRT device
│     Current version:    1967856
│     Vendor:             DMI:American Megatrends International, LLC.
│     Update State:       Success
│     GUID:               d1144042-2de8-410c-a7cc-6333c352a976
│     Device Flags:       • Internal device
│                         • Updatable
│                         • System requires external power source
│                         • Needs a reboot after installation
│                         • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│     Device Requests:    • Message
│   
├─UEFI Device Firmware:
│     Device ID:          f95c9218acd12697af946874bfe4239587209232
│     Summary:            UEFI ESRT device
│     Current version:    69140
│     Vendor:             DMI:American Megatrends International, LLC.
│     Update State:       Success
│     GUID:               4e88068b-41b2-4e05-893c-db0b43f7d348
│     Device Flags:       • Internal device
│                         • Updatable
│                         • System requires external power source
│                         • Needs a reboot after installation
│                         • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│     Device Requests:    • Message
│   
├─UEFI Device Firmware:
│     Device ID:          d96de5c124b60ed6241ebcb6bb2c839cb5580786
│     Summary:            UEFI ESRT device
│     Current version:    1
│     Vendor:             DMI:American Megatrends International, LLC.
│     Update State:       Success
│     GUID:               eed54281-1c11-4358-bf5a-f64995fbf11b
│     Device Flags:       • Internal device
│                         • Updatable
│                         • System requires external power source
│                         • Needs a reboot after installation
│                         • Device is usable for the duration of the update
│     Device Requests:    • Message
│   
────────────────────────────────────────────────

i pressed boot button multiple times, it turned on eventually, yet the battery always shows fully charged (even tho it is not…)
with upower:

  native-path:          BAT0
  vendor:               OEM
  model:                standard
  serial:               00001
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Fri 08 Mar 2024 12:39:06 GMT (0 seconds ago)
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               discharging
    warning-level:       none
    energy:              91.245 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         225.375 Wh
    energy-full-design:  91.245 Wh
    energy-rate:         0 W
    voltage:             12.408 V
    charge-cycles:       N/A
    percentage:          100%
    capacity:            100%
    technology:          lithium-ion
    icon-name:          'battery-full-symbolic'
  History (rate):
    1709901542	0.000	discharging
    1709901469	10.603	fully-charged
    1709901439	10.996	fully-charged
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It seems likely that the battery is either failed and will not recharge or that the charging system has failed. I suggest that you first replace the battery to see which may be the case.

How old is your system & battery? Maybe it is still under warranty?

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hello jeff,

turns out the battery was dead. luckily it was under warranty and got it replaced, now it works just fine.

Thanks!

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