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Battery power status only gets updated on insertion and removal of the
ac adapter on an Acer Travelmate 4500 series notebook. Other than that
is't stuck at the same level. lshal -m only displays activity on the
above mentioned events. Contents of /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/ and
/sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/ displays same behavior.

ndlar...@lapslave:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release:        9.04

ndlar...@lapslave:~$ apt-cache policy linux-image-2.6.28-7-generic hal acpi 
acpid
linux-image-2.6.28-7-generic:
  Installed: 2.6.28-7.20
  Candidate: 2.6.28-7.20
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.28-7.20 0
        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
hal:
  Installed: 0.5.12~rc1+git20090204-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.5.12~rc1+git20090204-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.5.12~rc1+git20090204-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
acpi:
  Installed: 1.2-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.2-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.2-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
acpid:
  Installed: 1.0.6-9ubuntu4
  Candidate: 1.0.6-9ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.6-9ubuntu4 0
        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ndlar...@lapslave:~$ uname -a
Linux lapslave 2.6.28-7-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 9 15:43:21 UTC 2009 i686 
GNU/Linux

Output of lshal -m on insertion of ac adapter:

Start monitoring devicelist:
-------------------------------------------------
11:16:06.258: computer_power_supply_ac_adapter_sbs_charger property 
ac_adapter.present = true
11:16:06.653: computer property power_management.is_powersave_set = false
11:16:31.005: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.remaining_time = 32449 (0x7ec1)
11:16:31.011: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.charge_level.percentage = 19 (0x13)
11:16:31.015: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.charge_level.rate = 3581 (0xdfd)
11:16:31.018: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.charge_level.current = 12432 (0x3090)
11:16:31.028: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.reporting.current = 840 (0x348)
11:16:31.036: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.rechargeable.is_discharging = false
11:16:31.044: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.rechargeable.is_charging = true
11:16:31.051: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.reporting.rate = 242 (0xf2)
11:16:31.053: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.voltage.current = 15010 (0x3aa2)

Same on removal of the ac adapter:

Start monitoring devicelist:
-------------------------------------------------
11:45:08.280: computer_power_supply_ac_adapter_sbs_charger property 
ac_adapter.present = false
11:45:08.998: computer property power_management.is_powersave_set = true
11:45:11.004: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.remaining_time = 1855 (0x73f)
11:45:11.007: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.charge_level.percentage = 45 (0x2d)
11:45:11.009: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.charge_level.rate = 29437 (0x72fd)
11:45:11.011: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.charge_level.current = 29540 (0x7364)
11:45:11.013: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.reporting.current = 1996 (0x7cc)
11:45:11.015: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.reporting.rate = 1989 (0x7c5)
11:45:11.017: computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0 property 
battery.voltage.current = 16509 (0x407d)

ndlar...@lapslave:~$ hal-device `hal-find-by-capability --capability "battery"`
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT1'
  battery.present = false  (bool)
  linux.sysfs_path = 
'/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A03:00/device:0b/PNP0C09:00/ACPI0001:00/ACPI0002:00/power_supply/BAT1'
  (string)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer'  (string)
  info.subsystem = 'power_supply'  (string)
  info.product = 'Generic Battery Device'  (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT1'  
(string)
  info.category = 'battery'  (string)
  battery.type = 'primary'  (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
  linux.subsystem = 'power_supply'  (string)
  info.capabilities = { 'battery' } (string list)

ndlar...@lapslave:~$ acpi -bs
     Battery 0: slot empty
     Battery 1: Charging, 66%, 01:11:32 until charged

While on ac, doesn't get updated neither on ac nor not.

** Affects: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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battery monitoring doensn't update
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/329346
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