On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 02:49:57PM +0200, Ralf Jung wrote: > > One thing you could do is to run acpi -b when the weird occurrences > > happen, and see if that is in tune with what the battery monitor > > shows. When on ac, acpi -b should return blank, but when on battery, > > it should display some information on the battery life remaining > > etc. This way, you can tell if the problem is in the KDE applet or in > > ACPI. > What exactly do you mean by "on battery"? When I am on AC, but the battery is > plugged in, "acpi -b" prints > Battery 0: Unknown, 98% > After plugging AC off, it says > Battery 0: Discharging, 98%, 02:12:32 r > emaining
Ah, that made sense. I checked without a battery, which is what gave me a blank message. > And when there is no battery it's empty. > As far as I can tell, it also does that when KDE displays the "no battery" > icon, which is however hard to catch since it only lasts for a fraction of a > second. > > However, you gave me the idea to look for a CLI for upower, and there > actually > is one. "upower --monitor" prints this when plugging in AC: > > [14:47:44.867] device changed: > /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC > [14:47:45.203] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 > [14:47:45.832] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 > [14:47:45.832] device changed: > /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 > [14:47:46.137] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 > [14:47:46.420] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 > [14:47:46.425] device changed: > /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 > [14:47:46.547] device changed: > /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 > [14:47:47.082] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 > [14:47:47.374] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 > [14:47:47.378] device changed: > /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 > [14:47:47.548] device changed: > /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 > [14:47:48.032] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 > [14:47:48.255] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 > [...] > > So the problem is definitely within upower or even further down the stack, > but > not in KDE. I'll report a bug against upower. Glad to know that you've at least zeroed down on the issue. Thanks. Kumar -- If a 'train station' is where a train stops, what's a 'workstation'? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110823134426.ga31...@bluemoon.alumni.iitm.ac.in
