Does Magic Lantern work with Generic Batteries?

I have a CTA brand battery (replaces Canon LP-E6) I am using with my 5D2. It works fine except when I try to boot Magic Lantern. I get a message that the camera cannot communicate with the battery and select "OK" then go to the menu where I boot the magic lantern firmware - here is where the problem begins: during the magic lantern boot sequence the message re-appears that the "camera cannot communicate with the battery." I have tried leaving it alone and I have tried quickly pressing "OK" and either way I go, the camera boots into live view mode and I have no control over anything. I cannot access ML menus nor can I control ISO, Shutter etc...

Any thoughts, ideas, similar stories? Is there a way to disable the camera from checking for battery communication so I dont get that message? Will this happen if I get an external power supply or external battery system?

It's not possible yet (with ML 0.16) but they working on it. http://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lante ... ry-support

Does this mean it won't work with an ac power adapter either, like the ack-e6?

How that' s a good question indeed
someone nows ?

I don't think it's fixed with the latest release of ML.
I'm having the same problems when using non-OEM battery.

Does this mean it won't work with an ac power adapter either, like the ack-e6?

The ACK-E6 AC adapter is fine, as is a DC power supply used with the DR-E6 dummy battery. Non-OEM batteries are not yet supported unless they are "chipped".

"chipped" non-OEM LP-E6 substitutes seem very hard to find. I guess the market of ML users is a bit small, nobody else needs them

And I guess a software solution for Hudson would be very difficult, since it would have to change the way ML boots up. Would require a much riskier modification of firmware in flash.

So is there an electrical solution : would it be possible in some way to boot up ML with a Canon battery and then switch to a cheapo battery? Would that require a change in ML? Like, once booted switch off the communication with the battery?

It is quite annoying that ML would make me buy Canon batteries.