GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 385074
Power Source Detection Malfunction
Last modified: 2009-06-15 20:42:43 UTC
From: <> To: submit@bugs.gnome.org X-Mailer: bug-buddy 2.12.1 Subject: Power Source Detection Malfunction Distribution: Unknown Package: gnome-applets Severity: Normal Version: GNOME2.12.2 unspecified Gnome-Distributor: SUSE Synopsis: Power Source Detection Malfunction Bugzilla-Product: gnome-applets Bugzilla-Component: battery Bugzilla-Version: unspecified Description: Description of Problem: When the plug is pulled on a laptop the program does not detect a switch from AC power to battery power. It also does not detect the battery charge level. Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Install on an Acer Laptop 2. Activate the Battery Charge Monitor Program 3. Remove the plug from the laptop Actual Results: No change in the icon or reported state of power input. Expected Results: The icon to change and start reporting how much battery is left. How often does this happen? Always Additional Information: The computer is an Acer TravelMate 4000. ------- Bug created by bug-buddy at 2006-12-12 14:49 ------- Bugreport had an attachment. This cannot be imported to Bugzilla. Contact bugmaster@gnome.org if you are willing to write a patch for this.
GNOME 2.12.x is already more than a year old, any chance to test this on a recent linux distribution (for example opensuse 10.2)?
I have an Acer 1642wlmi and have a similar problem. The applet says if I'm AC or battery, but with the battery it don't tells well the battery lifetime, and it tells that I have a critical battery lifetime (0%) when I'm with a ~80-90% battery lifetime remaining. Similar problem with Gnome Power Manager.
Also look at his bug on Launchpad #73266 https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/73266 Regards Pochu
I assume that this is obsolete nowadays. Also see the current bug 585890.