lxpanel: battery monitor displays wrong status

[monochromec]

Battery monitor in lxpanel package displays always 100% never mind if the battery is discharging or not.

There's a similar Debian bug already existing: #580509 for lxpanel version 0.5.5-1. Maybe the fix didn't make it upstream?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: lxpanel 0.5.8-1ubuntu3
Uname: Linux 3.1.0-030100-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Config_System_LXDE:
 [Command]
 FileManager=pcmanfm %s
 Terminal=x-terminal-emulator
 Logout=lxde-logout
Date: Sun Oct 30 09:37:45 2011
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lxpanel
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (14 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Pierre Renié (archlinuxien)]

Hello,
I had the same problem (Ubuntu 12.04 Precise), I upgraded lxpanel to version 0.5.10-1 (quantal) and it seems to work correctly now (showing "41% charged, 1:22 until full" instead of "100%", and the green bar is not full now).
I didn't test during discharging yet.
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=636868