2010/4/29 Torbjxrn H. Orskaug <torbjorn.orskaug@gmail.com>:
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> 2010/4/29 Peter Hessler <phessler@theapt.org>:
>> what happens if you remove and reinsert the power cord, does it do the
>> same thing?
>>
>
> Yep.
>

Just a quick update on this. I recompiled my kernel with ACPI_DEBUG
enabled and I can see that after physically removing and reinserting
the battery, the _STA method returns 0x1f and everything works as
expected. I guess I'm just stuck with a broken BIOS/AML and I'll make
a habit of removing and reinserting the battery of this laptop if I
really need battery charge status.