At least in my case the kernel doesn't produce any uevents for the battery or the ac adapter, so I filed a bug report against the kernel.
UPower seems to force an update of the battery status every 30 seconds, so the charging level reported by GNOME battery status applet corresponds to the one reported in /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/uevent (POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY). 'upowerd --verbose' tells me: 'No updates on supply /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT1 for 30 seconds; forcing update'. However, UPower doesn't force an update of the ac adapter status (un/plugged), so that's why my notebook wouldn't go into hibernation when the time defined in /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power/time- action is reached. Since UPower seems to expect the kernel to send uevents for the battery and the ac adapter, I filed a report against the kernel: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54621. As I understand it all that remains here is the reqeust that UPower should force an update of the line_power device in case the kernel fails to send an uevent. If if this is correct it would make sense to change the title. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to upower in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994745 Title: Power indicator fails to recognise unplug Status in The Linux Kernel: Unknown Status in Upower: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “upower” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Debian: Confirmed Bug description: Upon unplugging the power on HP Folio 13 running Precise the power indicator fails to recognise the unplug. The charging laptop symbol remains. Power-statistics also becomes unresponsive/empty of data. Powertop recognises the unplug, but Jupiter which I have installed does not. If I suspend and resume or restart, the fact that I am on battery power is once again recognised. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: indicator-power 2.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri May 4 11:00:11 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: indicator-power UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/994745/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
