Ubuntu
gnome-power-manager package

  1. Bug #194052
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 194052

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Islam Badrel-Dein (islambadreldein) wrote : Re: gpm does not create the correct profiling files

Hello,

I have something similar on my laptop. The g-p-m shows the battery as charging whenever I plug my wall adapter. But the battery status freezes there after then. The attachment shows two snapshots, one of them showing the mistaken battery reading (it shows 43% while actually the battery was near to be charged). The second attachment shows the correct reading. I forced the correct reading to appear by unplugging then immediately plugging the wall adapter.

Some info:
islam@islam-laptop:~$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.24-8-generic (buildd@yellow) (gcc version 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-1ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Thu Feb 14 20:13:27 UTC 2008
islam@islam-laptop:~$ dpkg -s gnome-power-manager | grep Version
Version: 2.21.1-0ubuntu1
islam@islam-laptop:~$ dpkg -s hal | grep Version
Version: 0.5.10-5ubuntu7

I want to add that the same thing happens at discharging. The reading never gets updated until some major event occurs such as Suspend or Shutdown. Even if the battery is near to empty, it still shows as 99% charged!!!