acer 5315 battery not charging

[smokeyone]

Perhaps someone knows a fix for a laptop not charging. Started with 9.04 and an internet wireless problem but fixed with the help of the wireless forum. Upgraded to 9.10 and after a while lost all internet connections - tried to fix when inbetween laptop decided to keep hibernating - still trying to fix internet - then realised not hibernating but shutting down because of low battery. Gave up with internet fix and reverted back to 9.04 - internet now working but still no battery.

Mains and battery connected, runs for two minutes and then shuts down. Take out battery and it runs okay on mains alone. Battery checked on friends acer - also battery indicator shows 1% charge, 2% charge, charging light on and then everything closes down. Googled and it seems other people have similiar problems.

Hope someone has an inspiration.

[smokeyone]

Just an update on my battery troubles. I found this link

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ACPIBattery

and a test to try - it's not quite the same problem as mine but it could be connected.

To try this solution, do the following:

Open a terminal and enter the following commands, in this order:

sudo rmmod acpi_sbs
sudo rmmod battery
sudo modprobe battery

Then, enter this command:

sudo acpi -V

if you see someting like this:

Battery 1: charging, 100%
Thermal 1: ok, 56.0 degrees C
AC Adapter 1: on-line

Then, voila, your battery is now detected and monitored and you now know that this solution works in your case.

However, in terminal the message I get is that proc/modules could not be found.
There is a work around but I need help for that - perhaps someone could explain the workaround and if I am on the right track.