Multiple battery icons in notification area

[Atanas Atanasov]

I have an Dell Inspiron 1721 laptop. If I unplug it from the power cord and plug it back a few times, two batteries appear in the notification area on the panel. Is there a fix for this?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, which version of ubuntu are you running?

[Atanas Atanasov (thenasko)]

I am running Intrepid Ibex.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you add a screenshot showing the issue to the bug?

[Atanas Atanasov (thenasko)]

I cannot seem to recreate the bug. I am not sure if this is relevant but it happened when I was using another power supply but not my own. There is a difference between the two - mine is 90W (since I have a bigger battery) and the other one is 60W. I tried again with the same 60W supply but the battery icon behaved properly. I will post a screenshot if this occurs in future.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

closing for now since that works correctly, you can reopen if you get the issue again

[Valentin Neacsu (valentin.neacsu)]

As it's been said here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/207583 - maybe this is a duplicate of that bug?

I can trigger this by running "gksu update-manager" on my HP nc6220 with Intrepid x86.

I can run any commands you'd like.

[Atanas Atanasov (thenasko)]

It is most probably the same bug, but I cannot recreate it using "gksu update-manager". What do you mean by "I can run any commands you'd like."?

[Valentin Neacsu (valentin.neacsu)]

While running on battery (I had to reboot for this to work) run "gksu update-manager" from the Run Application dialogue (Alt+F2), then click on "Check". Once checking is done I get 2 battery icons.

What I meant by that is that is that I'm able to run any debugging commands you'd like as long as you tell me what :)

[Atanas Atanasov (thenasko)]

I can reproduce the problem exactly as you described it on Dell Inspiron 1721. If I plug the power back I remain to see two battery icons (charging). A screenshot is attached.