Power applet never shows batterly level - always shows "estimating"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager
The power applet never shows the charge level of the battery - it always displays "estimating". This has only become a problem with Ubuntu 10.10 - it worked on 10.04. Hardware is a Compaq Mini 311
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
apt-cache policy gnome-power-manager
gnome-power-
Installed: 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-power-manager 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 8 21:43:06 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GConfNonDefault:
/apps/
/apps/
/apps/
/apps/
/apps/
GnomeSessionIdl
GnomeSessionInh
GnomeSessionSus
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100406.1)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Compaq Mini 311-1000
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager
dmi.bios.date: 08/04/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.02
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: 3651
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 49.14
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-
dmi.product.name: Compaq Mini 311-1000
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Changed in gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Hi all, i had this bug on my HP DV5-1199el notebook. I solved it by typing:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:brian- rogers/ power
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
and rebooting.