Indicator-applet does not reflect battery status on aspire one 110

Bug #572564 reported by Mikael Hjelm
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #467825: Battery state always "fully charged". Edit Remove
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gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: indicator-applet

The indicator applet is not working for the aspire one A110.
I do feel that this is a regression with an update since i am fairly certain that it has worked before.
There is also no indication of percentage or remaining battery time which used to be the case.

It is possible that this is a kernel regression and shoud be filed there.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: indicator-applet 0.3.6-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 30 21:16:27 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100406.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: indicator-applet

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Mikael Hjelm (j-m-hjelm) wrote :
description: updated
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Mikael Hjelm (j-m-hjelm) wrote :

Tried 2.6.32-19 kernel and it worked.
However after switching back to 2.6.32-21 kernel everything seems fine.
I have no explanation for this.
Unless any one else is affected this could be a GBK issue and should be ignored.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

I have a acer aspire one A110 with kernel 2.6.32-22 and battery status seems to work fine here. can you please attach a screenshot of the problem?

Changed in indicator-applet (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Mikael Hjelm (j-m-hjelm) wrote :

I think the steps when i discovered the issue from the beginning were:
I had the Aspire one plugged in fully charged.
I unplugged it and worked with it for more than one hour.
The battery status indicated full charge anyway and i didn't think too much of it.
I turned it off and left it for a while.
When i tried to restart it afterwards it refused with the battery indicator blinking.

I didn't think i could reproduce it but now i can.
The battery indicator shows full charge and that it is still attached to the charger, when it is not.

It doesn't seem to detect that the charger is unplugged and therefore does not update the symbol or statistics, see the attached screenshots.
N.B. This is the 2.6.32-21 kernel. I haven't got the -22 installed yet.

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Mikael Hjelm (j-m-hjelm) wrote :
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Mikael Hjelm (j-m-hjelm) wrote :

Notice the refreshed time in the screenshots.
It doesn't seem to read new values.

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Mikael Hjelm (j-m-hjelm) wrote :

When i plugged the ac in again it updated the charge data and refreshes as it should.
I wonder if it is when the computer is started on a full charge with the ac adapter plugged in.

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Mikael Hjelm (j-m-hjelm) wrote :

Note that in the screen shots the ac adapter IS unplugged, which it says it isn't.

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

this could certainly be a duplicate of bug 467825 can you please look at that bug report and see if its the one affecting you?

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Mikael Hjelm (j-m-hjelm) wrote :

It looks similar but i can get the indicator to work if i connect the ac adaptor again.
From then on the battery indicator is correct with both the AC connected and running on battery.

Omer Akram (om26er)
affects: indicator-applet (Ubuntu) → gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)
Changed in gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Steinar Bang (sb-dod) wrote :

I replaced my AA1 110L's original "linpus" with Lucid Lynx UNE on August 04, 2010.
At the start, the battery indicator worked, and changed as the battery discharge.

But sometime last week I noticed for the first time that the battery indicator didn't change when recharging. It showed a full charge, had no notification when hovering over the indicator (I think there used to be one...?), and I first noticed that the battery was running out when the battery LED started glowing in orange.

Doing repeated
cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state
shows the "remaining capacity" decreasing. I assume that is what the indicator applet uses?

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Steinar Bang (sb-dod) wrote :

Just as mysteriously as it stopped working last week, the indicator applet started working again today. It now changes to reflect the battery state as the battery is discharging.

No tooltip when hovering over the indicator icon (so I misremembered there), but a left mouse click drops down a menu where the first line gives the number of minutes left on the battery.

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Bruno Alves (bruno-alves) wrote :

Hi all.

Just to add some information, I also have this issue.
AAO 110L (8Gb SSD).

Kernel:
2.6.32-24-generic

- After fully charging the battery, the indicator keeps as "fully charged" as it discharges.
- If I plug the AC adapter again, then the icon restores its normal behaviour (charging)
- If I take out the AC adapter before the battery is fully charged, the icon goes again to "fully loaded".
- After restart, it goes fine again, repeating the issue as the batery gets charged.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.

Changed in gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Mikael Hjelm (j-m-hjelm) wrote :

See the duplicate for the latest reports but yes it is still an issue in Natty.

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