[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#722498: Bug#722498: xfce4-power-manager: intermittently reporting 0% charge even when acpi says 100%

[Julian Gilbey]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:40:04PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On mer., 2013-09-11 at 19:09 +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > polya:~ $ acpi -i -b
> > Battery 0: Charging, 100%,  until charged
> > Battery 0: design capacity 6600 mAh, last full capacity 5792 mAh = 87%
> > 
> > I'm uncertain why it doesn't specify a time until charged, but it
> > clearly says that it's 100% full, not 0%.
> > 
> > Othertimes, though, xfce4-power-manager says 100% or another sensible
> > percentage.
> > 
> > I have no idea what is causing this, or where the possible bug lies.
> 
> Next time it happens, please use upower to get information, since it's
> where xfpm gets its.

Thanks!

It's happening now, and this is the output of upower:

polya:~ $ upower -d
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC
  native-path:          /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/ACPI0003:00/power_supply/AC
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Wed Sep 11 19:03:03 2013 (11987 seconds ago)
  has history:          no
  has statistics:       no
  line-power
    online:             yes

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
  native-path:          /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0A:00/power_supply/BAT0
  vendor:               SMP
  model:                DELL HP2877
  serial:               26
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Wed Sep 11 19:18:14 2013 (11076 seconds ago)
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               fully-charged
    energy:              73.26 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         73.26 Wh
    energy-full-design:  73.26 Wh
    energy-rate:         1.0767 W
    voltage:             12.548 V
    percentage:          0%
    capacity:            87.7576%
    technology:          lithium-ion

Daemon:
  daemon-version:  0.9.21
  can-suspend:     yes
  can-hibernate:   yes
  on-battery:      no
  on-low-battery:  no
  lid-is-closed:   no
  lid-is-present:  yes
  is-docked:       no

So it looks like it might be upower which is "guilty" - shall I
reassign this bug report to that package?

   Julian