xmessage low battery warnings

Oliver_Schmid · 2009-09-02 19:42:03

Every time I unplug my laptop I get an xmessage pop-up saying "Low Battery" even when my battery's fully charged. I think it started with the new kernel (2.6.30.5-1). Anybody know how I can turn it off? Or better yet change it so it only appears when I'm down to 5%?

Profjim · 2009-09-02 21:37:03

What's your window manager/desktop?

I use /usr/bin/acpi from the acpi package to get my battery info. I notice that right after unplugging my laptop this gives crazy results. So I had to put a sleep for a few seconds into my battery-notification scripts to stop from seeing garbage.

Oliver_Schmid · 2009-09-02 22:14:41

I use Openbox/LXDE.

To keep an eye on my battery I just use the Battery Monitor in the panel. I'm not sure though what's launching these xmessage pop-ups. Are there any logs I can check?

Profjim · 2009-09-02 23:18:02

Depends on the program whether it's writing to a log.

One thing you could try is move xmessage to xmessage.old. In its place put a script like this (untested, adjust to your needs):

#!/bin/bash
date >> ~/whos_calling_me
echo $$ >> ~/whos_calling_me
ps -FjH >> ~/whos_calling_me
xmessage.old "$@"

Then do what you need to do to trigger the popup, and inspect ~/whos_calling_me

Oliver_Schmid · 2009-09-10 23:36:29

I tried replacing xmessage with a logging script such as you suggested. While it did get rid of the popups. It didn't print anything to the newly created logs. Here was my code:

#!/bin/bash
date >> ~/battery
echo $$ >> ~/battery
ps -FjH >> ~/battery
xmessage.old "$@"

Profjim · 2009-09-11 01:04:19

Oliver_Schmid wrote:

I tried replacing xmessage with a logging script such as you suggested. While it did get rid of the popups. It didn't print anything to the newly created logs. Here was my code:
#!/bin/bash
date >> ~/battery
echo $$ >> ~/battery
ps -FjH >> ~/battery
xmessage.old "$@"

I wonder why this got rid of the popups. Did you rename the original xmessage to xmessage.old? I think you should also change the xmessage.old to "/usr/bin/xmessage.old" or whatever the appropriate path is. Sorry I didn't think of that before.

As to whether the messages are getting logged, perhaps xmessage was called by a root daemon---I wouldn't expect so, but it's possible. In that case the logs might be in /root instead of in /home/yourusername. You could also try changing the "~/battery" lines to "/home/yourusername/battery". If none of that works, then I'm stumped, unless some independent change removed the root cause of the popups. If you put the old xmessage back, do the popups return?

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#1 2009-09-02 19:42:03

xmessage low battery warnings

#2 2009-09-02 21:37:03

Re: xmessage low battery warnings

#3 2009-09-02 22:14:41

Re: xmessage low battery warnings

#4 2009-09-02 23:18:02

Re: xmessage low battery warnings

#5 2009-09-10 23:36:29

Re: xmessage low battery warnings

#6 2009-09-11 01:04:19

Re: xmessage low battery warnings

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