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snowyoneill / Linux-PredatorSense

Clone of Acer's Predator Sense™ application for Linux.
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Error read EC register for Charge Limit: 1 #8

Closed alexsoluweb closed 2 weeks ago

alexsoluweb commented 2 weeks ago

Hi, i did install everyhting and i got this error while running the app:

Error read EC register for Charge Limit: 1

$ sudo dmidecode -t system
# dmidecode 3.5
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.3.0 present.

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
    Manufacturer: Acer
    Product Name: Predator PH315-54
    Version: V1.15
    Serial Number: ****
    UUID: ****
    Wake-up Type: Power Switch
    SKU Number: *****
    Family: Predator Helios 300

$ uname -r
6.8.0-45-generic

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
Release:    24.04
Codename:   noble
alexsoluweb commented 2 weeks ago

Omg it works now... You are a genius thank you so much man!

snowyoneill commented 2 weeks ago

Haha thanks buddy! I just saw your comment over in nbfc-linux. How did you end up fixing the read error for the charge limit?

alexsoluweb commented 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure what make it clear the error... i did chmod 600 /dev/ec also randomly checked misc options in the app, then a reboot and it worked out. I dunno what are those options in misc. Are they documented somewhere? Anyway thank you again man you make my day, i have been trying to fix this for days and this was starting to drive me crazy man... lol

snowyoneill commented 2 weeks ago

Ok good to know. So you had to add full read and write to the /dev/ec - can you type history on the terminal and see if you have any other relevant commands to enable the app. I can then add them to the README.

On the documentation of the Misc features, these are taken directly from Windows. In descending order they are KB Timeout ( toggle 30 sec keyboard timeout ), LCD Overdrive ( toggle faster response times on supported panels ), USB Charging ( toggle charging USB devices whilst your laptop lid is closed ) and lastly Charge Limit ( limit battery charging to 80% - to perverse long term health )

alexsoluweb commented 2 weeks ago

Ok good to know! Yah on history it's pretty much what i did. Nothing else relevant. Again thank you so much for this nice work!

snowyoneill commented 2 weeks ago

Solid solid. Absolutely, thanks for checking!