A bit of additional information. Here are what the pseudofiles in /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0 look like. As far as I can tell, the only way to tell the difference between the case where the battery is fully charged, and the case where it is not being charged, is from the "remaining capacity"
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info present: yes design capacity: 2700 mAh last full capacity: 2407 mAh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 11100 mV design capacity warning: 270 mAh design capacity low: 81 mAh capacity granularity 1: 27 mAh capacity granularity 2: 27 mAh model number: DELL 449TX08 serial number: 756 battery type: RAM OEM info: Sanyo /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state Fully charged: present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: charged present rate: 1 mA remaining capacity: 2700 mAh present voltage: 12473 mV Charging: present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: charging present rate: 1880 mA remaining capacity: 1463 mAh present voltage: 11976 mV Not charging: present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: charged present rate: 1 mA remaining capacity: 1461 mAh present voltage: 11723 mV -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772017 Title: Warn when battery is not being charged -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
