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gnome-power-manager package

Battery applet refuses to acknowledge unplugging of AC Adapter with Desktop effects running

Bug #482704 reported by Ed Coles
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gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

When the desktop effects are running in Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10, the GNOME Power Manager 2.28.1 applet refuses to acknowledge that the AC adapter on my Acer Aspire One A150 has been unplugged. Instead, it claims that the AC adapter is still plugged-in and that the battery is at a constant charge of 100%. Despite this, when the AC adapter is plugged back in, it reports that the battery is charging. However, I do not experience this problem at all when the desktop effects are switched-off

Ed Coles (edicoles)
tags: added: a150 aao ac acer adapter applet aspire battery dektop effects false full gnome manager one plugged-in power reading wrong
summary: - Battery applet refuses to acknowledge unplugging of AC Adaptor when
- desktop effects are running and the battery defaults to 100% charge
+ Battery applet refuses to acknowledge unplugging of AC Adapter with
+ Desktop effects running
tags: added: desktop
removed: dektop
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please open a terminal and execute: apport-collect 482704 ? It will attach the necessary information to this report. Also you can submit more information for it by looking to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingGNOMEPowerManager , Thanks in advance.

Changed in gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
importance: Undecided → Low
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Ed Coles (edicoles) wrote : apport-collect data

Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.4)
Package: gnome-power-manager 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Ed Coles (edicoles) wrote : Dependencies.txt
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Ed Coles (edicoles) wrote : DevkitPower.txt
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Ed Coles (edicoles) wrote : GConfNonDefault.txt
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Ed Coles (edicoles) wrote : XsessionErrors.txt
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Ed Coles (edicoles) wrote : gnome-power-bugreport.txt
Changed in gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
tags: added: apport-collected
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Ed Coles (edicoles) wrote :

Since I don't use Ubuntu anymore (I switched back to Windows), I ran the test from a USB stick using the most up-to-date version of Ubuntu UNR. However, when I created the same environment in which my battery meter seemed to fail the last-time I had Ubuntu installed, it seemed to be working OK and the battery meter told me that I had unplugged my power-cable

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Philippe Nicolai-Dashwood (philippe-nicolai) wrote : apport-collect data

Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gnome-power-manager 2.28.1-0ubuntu1.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Philippe Nicolai-Dashwood (philippe-nicolai) wrote : Dependencies.txt
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Philippe Nicolai-Dashwood (philippe-nicolai) wrote : DevkitPower.txt
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Philippe Nicolai-Dashwood (philippe-nicolai) wrote : GConfNonDefault.txt
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Philippe Nicolai-Dashwood (philippe-nicolai) wrote : XsessionErrors.txt
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Philippe Nicolai-Dashwood (philippe-nicolai) wrote : gnome-power-bugreport.txt
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Chris Howson (cdh) wrote :

I have the same symptoms with GPM 2.30.0 on an Aspire One A110 running Lucid Netbook Remix.
My gnome-power-bugreport is attached.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. A new version of Gnome Power Manager is available on Maverick and we are wondering if this bug is still an issue for you with that version? Could you please test and comment back? Thanks in advance.

Changed in gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Chris Howson (cdh) wrote :

I confirm the same behavior with Maverick (running from Live USB).

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Charlie Kravetz (charlie-tca) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

Changed in gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
tags: added: compiz karmic lucid maverick
removed: a150 aao ac acer adapter applet apport-collected aspire battery desktop effects false full gnome manager one plugged-in power reading wrong
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