How to get the "Your battery is broken" message to go away?

Question

Every time I turn on my computer, I see a message saying something like:

Your battery may be old or broken.

I am already aware that my battery is bad. How do I suppress this message?

score 41 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 30 '12 at 13:51

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Maybe these instructions will help you to get rid of that message.

Added instructions from the link, Alt+F2, then type in gconf-editor.

Navigate to /apps/gnome-power-manager/notify/low_capacity and untick the value.

Or a single command:

gconftool --set /apps/gnome-power-manager/notify/low_capacity --type boolean false

edited Jul 30 '12 at 13:51

Jorge Castro

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answered Jul 28 '10 at 19:15

txwikinger

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 21 '12 at 10:45

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This worked for me:

If you have a machine with Windows as a dual-boot option, you can boot to Windows and let the battery recharge here. When the battery has recharged for a while, you can boot to Ubuntu and let it do the rest.

answered Oct 21 '12 at 10:45

ghost

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score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 03 '15 at 14:41

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In Ubuntu mate, gconf editor is not installed by default and installing it will not help.

Instead, you should use dconf editor.
You will need to navigate to /org/mate/power-manager and then untick notify-low-capacity.

edited Sep 03 '15 at 14:41

hg8

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answered Jul 05 '15 at 18:37

user252749

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score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 15 '16 at 16:54

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I run this:

gconftool --set /org/mate/power-manager/notify-low-power --type boolean false
gconftool --set /org/mate/power-manager/notify-low-capacity --type boolean false

answered Aug 15 '16 at 16:54

carlos

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How to get the "Your battery is broken" message to go away?

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