Debian Bug report logs - #623201
gnome-power-manager: tray icon and mouseover show 100%, though battery at 1.2% when you click on icon

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Package: gnome-power-manager; Maintainer for gnome-power-manager is Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>; Source for gnome-power-manager is src:gnome-power-manager (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Gavin McCullagh <gavin.mccullagh@gcd.ie>

Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:27:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version gnome-power-manager/2.32.0-2

Done: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#623201; Package gnome-power-manager. (Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:27:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Gavin McCullagh <gavin.mccullagh@gcd.ie>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:27:07 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Gavin McCullagh <gavin.mccullagh@gcd.ie>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: gnome-power-manager: tray icon and mouseover show 100%, though battery at 1.2% when you click on icon
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:54:57 +0100
Package: gnome-power-manager
Version: 2.32.0-2
Severity: normal


When I type acpi:

gavinmc@it-l2100-1:~$ acpi
Battery 0: Unknown, 1%

When I look at icon it's a full blue battery.
When I mouseover icon, I get "Laptop battery is full charged"
When I click on icon, I get "Laptop Battery 1.2%"

Something must be wrong here.

This is a Dell Latitude 2100.  

There doesn't seem to be a battery entry under /proc/acpi which is a little surprising to me.

gavinmc@it-l2100-1:~$ find /proc/acpi/
/proc/acpi/
/proc/acpi/video
/proc/acpi/video/VID2
/proc/acpi/video/VID2/DOS
/proc/acpi/video/VID2/POST
/proc/acpi/video/VID2/POST_info
/proc/acpi/video/VID2/ROM
/proc/acpi/video/VID2/info
/proc/acpi/video/VID
/proc/acpi/video/VID/DVI
/proc/acpi/video/VID/DVI/EDID
/proc/acpi/video/VID/DVI/brightness
/proc/acpi/video/VID/DVI/state
/proc/acpi/video/VID/DVI/info
/proc/acpi/video/VID/LCD
/proc/acpi/video/VID/LCD/EDID
/proc/acpi/video/VID/LCD/brightness
/proc/acpi/video/VID/LCD/state
/proc/acpi/video/VID/LCD/info
/proc/acpi/video/VID/CRT
/proc/acpi/video/VID/CRT/EDID
/proc/acpi/video/VID/CRT/brightness
/proc/acpi/video/VID/CRT/state
/proc/acpi/video/VID/CRT/info
/proc/acpi/video/VID/DOS
/proc/acpi/video/VID/POST
/proc/acpi/video/VID/POST_info
/proc/acpi/video/VID/ROM
/proc/acpi/video/VID/info
/proc/acpi/processor
/proc/acpi/processor/CPU1
/proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/power
/proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/limit
/proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/throttling
/proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/info
/proc/acpi/processor/CPU0
/proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/power
/proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/limit
/proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/throttling
/proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/info
/proc/acpi/button
/proc/acpi/button/sleep
/proc/acpi/button/sleep/SBTN
/proc/acpi/button/sleep/SBTN/info
/proc/acpi/button/power
/proc/acpi/button/power/PBTN
/proc/acpi/button/power/PBTN/info
/proc/acpi/button/lid
/proc/acpi/button/lid/LID
/proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state
/proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/info
/proc/acpi/thermal_zone
/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM
/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/polling_frequency
/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/cooling_mode
/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/trip_points
/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/temperature
/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/state
/proc/acpi/wakeup
/proc/acpi/sleep
/proc/acpi/fadt
/proc/acpi/dsdt
/proc/acpi/info
/proc/acpi/power_resource
/proc/acpi/embedded_controller
/proc/acpi/embedded_controller/ECDV
/proc/acpi/embedded_controller/ECDV/info


-- Package-specific info:
Distro version:       wheezy/sid
Kernel version:       2.6.32-5-686
g-p-m version:        2.32.0
HAL version:          0.5.14
System manufacturer:  missing
System version:       missing
System product:       missing
AC adapter present:   yes
Battery present:      yes
Laptop panel present: yes
CPU scaling present:  yes
Battery Information:
  battery.charge_level.current = 593  (0x251)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.design = 57116  (0xdf1c)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.last_full = 51097  (0xc799)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.percentage = 1  (0x1)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.rate = 10  (0xa)  (int)
  battery.is_rechargeable = true  (bool)
  battery.model = 'DELL 6P1479A'  (string)
  battery.present = true  (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_charging = false  (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_discharging = false  (bool)
  battery.reporting.current = 54  (0x36)  (int)
  battery.reporting.design = 5200  (0x1450)  (int)
  battery.reporting.last_full = 4652  (0x122c)  (int)
  battery.reporting.rate = 1  (0x1)  (int)
  battery.reporting.technology = 'Li-ion'  (string)
  battery.reporting.unit = 'mAh'  (string)
  battery.serial = '20604'  (string)
  battery.technology = 'lithium-ion'  (string)
  battery.type = 'primary'  (string)
  battery.vendor = 'Samsung SDI'  (string)
  battery.voltage.current = 10984  (0x2ae8)  (int)
  battery.voltage.design = 11100  (0x2b5c)  (int)
  battery.voltage.unit = 'mV'  (string)
UPower data:
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC
  native-path:          /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/ACPI0003:00/power_supply/AC
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Mon Apr 18 10:45:03 2011 (366 seconds ago)
  has history:          no
  has statistics:       no
  line-power
    online:             yes

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
  native-path:          /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0A:00/power_supply/BAT0
  vendor:               Samsung SDI
  model:                DELL 6P1479A
  serial:               20604
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Mon Apr 18 10:51:09 2011 (0 seconds ago)
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               fully-charged
    energy:              0.5994 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         51.6372 Wh
    energy-full-design:  57.72 Wh
    energy-rate:         0.0111 W
    voltage:             10.982 V
    percentage:          1.16079%
    capacity:            89.4615%
    technology:          lithium-ion

Daemon:
  daemon-version:  0.9.9
  can-suspend:     yes
  can-hibernate    yes
  on-battery:      no
  on-low-battery:  no
  lid-is-closed:   no
  lid-is-present:  yes
  is-docked:       no
GNOME Power Manager Process Information:
gavinmc   2275  0.0  0.9  73104  9936 ?        S    10:25   0:01          \_ gnome-power-manager
gavinmc   2975  2.0  1.6  30232 16688 pts/1    S+   10:46   0:05      \_ /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/reportbug --email=gavin.mccullagh@gcd.ie gnome-power-manager
gavinmc   3129  0.3  0.1   2652  1116 pts/1    S+   10:51   0:00          \_ /bin/bash /usr/share/reportbug/handle_bugscript /usr/share/bug/gnome-power-manager/script /tm
HAL Process Information:
107       3141 20.0  0.3  14412  3996 ?        Ssl  10:51   0:00 /usr/sbin/hald
root      3142  1.0  0.1   3620  1244 ?        S    10:51   0:00  \_ hald-runner
root      3172  0.5  0.1   3688  1204 ?        S    10:51   0:00      \_ hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event12 /dev/input/event0 /dev/input/event7 /dev/input/
root      3174  0.0  0.1   3688  1192 ?        S    10:51   0:00      \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-rfkill-killswitch
root      3182  0.0  0.1   3684  1176 ?        S    10:51   0:00      \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-generic-backlight
root      3184  0.0  0.1   3692  1204 ?        S    10:51   0:00      \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sdb (every 2 sec)
root      3190  0.0  0.1   3700  1212 ?        S    10:51   0:00      \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq
107       3191  0.0  0.1   3452  1144 ?        S    10:51   0:00      \_ hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-power-manager depends on:
ii  consolekit                 0.4.4-1       framework for defining and trackin
ii  dbus-x11                   1.4.6-1       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2                     2.28.1-6      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.24.3-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                      2.11.2-11     Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                  1.10.2-6      The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0           0.24-1        Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0               0.24-1        a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libdbus-1-3                1.4.6-1       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.92-1        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgconf2-4                2.28.1-6      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.28.4-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0          2.32.0-1      GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.24.3-1~sid1 The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk 0.5.0-2       sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libpanel-applet2-0         2.30.2-4      library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.28.3-6      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libunique-1.0-0            1.1.6-2       Library for writing single instanc
ii  libupower-glib1            0.9.9-2       abstraction for power management -
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.4.2-1     X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                   2:1.2.0-2     X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxrandr2                 2:1.3.1-1     X11 RandR extension library
ii  notification-daemon        0.5.0-2       daemon to displays passive pop-up 
ii  upower                     0.9.9-2       abstraction for power management

Versions of packages gnome-power-manager recommends:
ii  udisks                        1.0.2-4    storage media interface

Versions of packages gnome-power-manager suggests:
ii  policykit-1                   0.101-2    framework for managing administrat

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-power-manager.desktop [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-power-manager.desktop'

-- no debconf information

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#623201; Package gnome-power-manager. (Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:15:17 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Gavin McCullagh <gavin.mccullagh@gcd.ie>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:15:19 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #10 received at 623201@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Gavin McCullagh <gavin.mccullagh@gcd.ie>
To: 623201@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#623201: Acknowledgement (gnome-power-manager: tray icon and mouseover show 100%, though battery at 1.2% when you click on icon)
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:06:10 +0100
I should have said that this is only with the power cable connected.

Reply sent to Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:39:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Notification sent to Gavin McCullagh <gavin.mccullagh@gcd.ie>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:39:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #15 received at 623201-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>
To: 601499-done@bugs.debian.org, 602993-done@bugs.debian.org, 606433-done@bugs.debian.org, 606434-done@bugs.debian.org, 610278-done@bugs.debian.org, 610355-done@bugs.debian.org, 619420-done@bugs.debian.org, 623201-done@bugs.debian.org, 624750-done@bugs.debian.org, 624751-done@bugs.debian.org, 629524-done@bugs.debian.org, 640348-done@bugs.debian.org, 649533-done@bugs.debian.org, 650086-done@bugs.debian.org, 650259-done@bugs.debian.org, 652898-done@bugs.debian.org, 654274-done@bugs.debian.org, 654700-done@bugs.debian.org, 654885-done@bugs.debian.org, 660326-done@bugs.debian.org, 669255-done@bugs.debian.org, 669261-done@bugs.debian.org, 674048-done@bugs.debian.org, 689592-done@bugs.debian.org, 696131-done@bugs.debian.org, 718326-done@bugs.debian.org, 719268-done@bugs.debian.org, 726891-done@bugs.debian.org, 733682-done@bugs.debian.org, 736095-done@bugs.debian.org, 784847-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: closing ancient gnome-power-manager bugs
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 19:36:20 -0500
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 13 (or
with Debian 12 or Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha

Bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <owner@bugs.debian.org> to internal_control@bugs.debian.org. (Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:25:12 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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