there is no battery detected. there are no forums with the solution. I've edited grub to force acpi and i have nothing listed in proc/acpi/battery or /sys/class/power_supply. i have reinstalled with different distributions, releases, desktop environments, all with no success. kali 2018.1 (LXDE only) is the only kernel(4.14)/distro combination i could get both sound card and wireless card working. no battery detected on any distribution. if you could do me a solid and get past the word "kali" and focus more on the firmware that'd be awesome.
epik ell1401
i am aware of the quality of the laptop. thanks for any assistance.
i solved this by replacing the intel_cht_int33fe.ko module from different distributions.
the intel_cht_int33fe.ko from lubuntu 17 (kernel 4.13) works fantastically. i also switched TYPEC_FUSB302, CHARGER_BQ24190,and BATTERY_MAX17042 from not set to loadable. it shows the percentage, meter, time remaining to charge/discharge. ErikF i thank you sir for pointing me in the right direction.