Acknowledgement sent
to Paolo Scarabelli <paolo@msw.it>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>.
(Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:18:33 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Subject: [gnome-power-manager] Battery icon in gnome panel keeps appearing
and disappearing every 20-30 sec.
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:10:12 +0800
Package: gnome-power-manager
Version: 3.0.2-3
Severity: normal
--- Please enter the report below this line. ---
Battery icon in gnome panel keeps appearing and disappearing every 20-30
sec.
The battery icon has the lightning rod as if charging and if I click on
it it says "Laptop Battery 100%".
This is especially annoying because the battery icon is the right most
in the gnome shell top bar and all the icons keep shifting to the left
every 20-30 seconds. Sometimes I try to click on the volume icon but
because of the shift I click on the network manager.
Also, I'm afraid that if a real charging and discharging of the battery
is triggered every 30 seconds this laptop battery won't last very long.
Thank you,
Paolo.
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
500 testing www.debian-multimedia.org
500 testing security.debian.org
500 testing ftp.us.debian.org
500 testing deb.opera.com
500 stable dl.google.com
50 experimental ftp.us.debian.org
100 unstable ftp.us.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
===========================================-+-================
libc6 (>= 2.4) | 2.13-21
libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0) | 1.10.2-6.1
libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25) | 0.28-3
libcanberra0 (>= 0.2) | 0.28-3
libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28.0) | 2.28.8-1
libgnome-keyring0 (>= 2.20.3) | 3.2.0-3
libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0) | 3.0.12-2
libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0) | 0.7.4-1
libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0) | 1.29.4-2
libupower-glib1 (>= 0.9.9) | 0.9.14-3
libx11-6 | 2:1.4.4-4
libxext6 | 2:1.3.0-3
libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.99.2) | 2:1.3.2-2
dconf-gsettings-backend | 0.7.5-3
OR gsettings-backend |
notification-daemon | 0.7.3-1
dbus-x11 | 1.4.16-1
consolekit | 0.4.5-1
upower | 0.9.14-3
gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.0) | 3.0.3-3
gnome-screensaver (>= 3.0) | 3.0.1-3
Recommends (Version) | Installed
=========================-+-===========
udisks | 1.0.4-2
Suggests (Version) | Installed
==========================-+-===========
policykit-1 | 0.102-1
--- Output from package bug script ---
Distro version: wheezy/sid
Kernel version: 3.1.0-1-686-pae
g-p-m version: 3.0.2
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 = 45554 (0xb1f2) (int)
battery.charge_level.design = 47520 (0xb9a0) (int)
battery.charge_level.last_full = 45554 (0xb1f2) (int)
battery.charge_level.percentage = 100 (0x64) (int)
battery.charge_level.rate = 0 (0x0) (int)
battery.is_rechargeable = true (bool)
battery.model = 'Primary' (string)
battery.present = true (bool)
battery.rechargeable.is_charging = false (bool)
battery.rechargeable.is_discharging = false (bool)
battery.reporting.current = 4378 (0x111a) (int)
battery.reporting.design = 4400 (0x1130) (int)
battery.reporting.last_full = 4218 (0x107a) (int)
battery.reporting.rate = 0 (0x0) (int)
battery.reporting.technology = 'Li-ion' (string)
battery.reporting.unit = 'mAh' (string)
battery.serial = '02751 2009/12/07' (string)
battery.technology = 'lithium-ion' (string)
battery.type = 'primary' (string)
battery.vendor = 'Hewlett-Packard' (string)
battery.voltage.current = 12528 (0x30f0) (int)
battery.voltage.design = 10800 (0x2a30) (int)
battery.voltage.unit = 'mV' (string)
UPower data:
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC
native-path:
/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/ACPI0003:00/power_supply/AC
power supply: yes
updated: Mon Nov 28 11:41:33 2011 (22758 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/device:00/PNP0C0A:00/power_supply/BAT0
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
model: Primary
serial: 02751 2009/12/07
power supply: yes
updated: Mon Nov 28 18:00:50 2011 (1 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: fully-charged
energy: 47.2824 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 47.2824 Wh
energy-full-design: 47.52 Wh
energy-rate: 0 W
voltage: 12.528 V
percentage: 100%
capacity: 95.8636%
technology: lithium-ion
History (charge):
1322474355 0.000 unknown
1322474355 100.000 fully-charged
1322474374 0.000 unknown
1322474374 100.000 fully-charged
1322474393 0.000 unknown
1322474393 100.000 fully-charged
1322474412 0.000 unknown
1322474412 100.000 fully-charged
1322474431 0.000 unknown
1322474431 100.000 fully-charged
1322474450 0.000 unknown
1322474450 100.000 fully-charged
History (rate):
1322474450 0.000 unknown
1322474431 0.000 unknown
1322474412 0.000 unknown
1322474393 0.000 unknown
1322474374 0.000 unknown
1322474355 0.000 unknown
Daemon:
daemon-version: 0.9.14
can-suspend: yes
can-hibernate yes
on-battery: no
on-low-battery: no
lid-is-closed: no
lid-is-present: yes
is-docked: yes
GNOME Power Manager Process Information:
paolo 5361 0.1 0.2 138444 12104 ? Sl 12:11 0:37
\_ gnome-power-manager
paolo 22365 0.0 0.0 1892 508 ? S 18:00 0:00
| \_ sh -c { /usr/bin/xterm -e
'/usr/share/bug/gnome-power-manager/script' 3>&1; } 2>&1
paolo 22366 2.0 0.1 10772 5792 ? S 18:00 0:00
| \_ /usr/bin/xterm -e
/usr/share/bug/gnome-power-manager/script
HAL Process Information:
104 22378 10.0 0.1 16788 4660 ? Ssl 18:00 0:00
/usr/sbin/hald
root 22379 0.0 0.0 5500 1548 ? S 18:00 0:00 \_
hald-runner
root 22419 0.0 0.0 5572 1444 ? S 18:00 0:00 \_
hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event7 /dev/input/event13
/dev/input/event0 /dev/input/event12 /dev/input/event2 /dev/input/event9
/dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event3
root 22421 0.0 0.0 5564 1440 ? S 18:00 0:00 \_
/usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-generic-backlight
root 22422 0.0 0.0 5564 1440 ? S 18:00 0:00 \_
/usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-generic-backlight
root 22425 0.0 0.0 5568 1444 ? S 18:00 0:00 \_
/usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-rfkill-killswitch
root 22433 0.0 0.0 5568 1444 ? S 18:00 0:00 \_
/usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-leds
root 22438 0.0 0.0 5572 1440 ? S 18:00 0:00 \_
hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sdb (every 2 sec)
root 22439 0.0 0.0 5572 1440 ? S 18:00 0:00 \_
hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sr0 (every 2 sec)
root 22440 0.0 0.0 5580 1444 ? S 18:00 0:00 \_
/usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq
104 22441 0.0 0.0 3740 1168 ? S 18:00 0:00 \_
hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
Information forwarded
to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>: Bug#650259; Package gnome-power-manager.
(Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:27:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Acknowledgement sent
to Paolo Scarabelli <paolo@msw.it>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>.
(Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:27:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Subject: The problem seems to be solved using Kernel 3.2.18-1
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:25:32 +0800
Hi,
It seems the bug, at least in my case, was caused by the acpi battery
kernel module reporting the battery as connected and disconnected
continuously.
Since I upgraded my kernel to 3.2.18-1 the battery icon stopped
flipping on and off.
To me the problem is solved and the bug report can be closed.
Thank you and have a nice day,
Paolo
Reply sent
to Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility.
(Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:39:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Notification sent
to Paolo Scarabelli <paolo@msw.it>:
Bug acknowledged by developer.
(Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:39:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
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
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