gnome power manager applet not appearing consistently

[aysiu]

Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu.

Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy packagename' or by checking in Synaptic.

gnome-power-manager:
  Installed: 2.29.91-0ubuntu6
  Candidate: 2.29.91-0ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 2.29.91-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What you expected to happen

In System > Preferences > Power Management > General > Notification Area, I have "Always display icon" selected.

The applet should always display an icon.

4) What happened instead

But the Gnome power manager applet doesn't appear consistently. When I resume from suspend, it blinks on and off quickly. Then after things settle down, it'll appear for longer stretches of time (say 5 or 10 seconds) and then disappear for longer stretches (5 or 10 seconds).

[Krzysztof Kolasa (kkolasa)]

This problem exists in all versions above version of gnome-power-manager_2.29.2-0ubuntu3_i386.deb, the icon appears and disappears instead of showing steady state power, not even after mouseover hints about the state of power supply.

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has already been reported, but please feel free to report any other bugs you find.