Power Statistics displays incorrect and inconsistent battery information

Bug #1099039 reported by Asheesh
18
This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

1. Ubuntu Release :

Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04

2. Package Version :

Installed: 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.1
Candidate: 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.1
Version table:
 *** 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.1 0
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.4.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

3. What i expected :

Energy when full - 78.7 Wh (Anything less than the design value)
Energy(design) - 81.2 Wh

4. What i see (See attached screenshot):

Energy when full - 231.7 Wh (Grossly incorrect)
Energy(design) - 81.2 Wh
This also results in an incorrect value for Percentage - 31.3%
This also conflicts with Time to full field

5. Steps taken :
System Boot -> Power Statistics

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-power-manager 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-35.55-generic 3.2.34
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-35-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jan 13 09:58:04 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-power-statistics
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Asheesh (asheeshranjan1) wrote :
description: updated
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Dmitry (karamin-work) wrote :

6% battery level and 0:06 minuts to live. Stays on about an hour

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