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#1 2016-04-05 07:56:44
- kahlil88
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Battery indicator doesn't change
Battery indicator is stuck, seems to be whatever percentage the battery is at boot... awhile ago it was a known problem with upower, resolved by downgrading to 0.99.3 until it recently decided to stop working regardless of what version I have installed. Didn't even realize anything was wrong until my laptop died suddenly without any warning.
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#2 2016-04-05 10:50:03
- Trilby
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Re: Battery indicator doesn't change
What battery indicatory are you referring to? Is this some DE-specific taskbar icon? If so, which DE? Does acpi report the proper values?
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#3 2016-04-05 11:25:10
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Re: Battery indicator doesn't change
I am running Cinnamon but someone suggested 'upower --dump' which gives the same battery level and time remaining as the Cinnamon battery applet
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#4 2016-04-05 11:38:37
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Re: Battery indicator doesn't change
And what about acpi??
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#5 2016-04-07 05:55:07
- kahlil88
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Re: Battery indicator doesn't change
And what about acpi??
Strangely enough, I didn't even have acpi installed. I've made slight progress after installing it. The indicator icon still sticks until I restart the GUI and run acpi from a command prompt, so it's looking like a Cinnamon bug.
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#6 2016-04-07 12:02:02
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Strangly enough you also haven't yet answered whether acpi gives the proper battery levels. I give up.
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#7 2016-04-07 19:08:34
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Re: Battery indicator doesn't change
Strangly enough you also haven't yet answered whether acpi gives the proper battery levels. I give up.
Yes, although initially it gives the same wrong level as the indicator applet, but the second or third try shows the right battery level and charging status.
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