Sounds like fallout from http://cgit.freedesktop.org/upower/commit/?id=07b95b8e or some similar changes. So this is an inverse kernel/hardware bug to the problem of phone batteries from that commit. *sigh* So we need to add some more heuristics for this case, too.
I have a pretty good idea what happens, but for avoiding mistakes and also to add a reliable test case, can you please copy&paste the output of "grep -r . /sys/class/power_supply/*"? ** Changed in: upower (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti) -- 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/1240673 Title: Reports 0% charged for fully charged batteries Status in “upower” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: See the following upower dump: $ upower --dump Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC native-path: AC power supply: yes updated: Wed 16 Oct 2013 12:58:28 PM EDT (7198 seconds ago) has history: no has statistics: no line-power online: yes Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 native-path: BAT0 vendor: SMP model: DELL Y61CV22 serial: 3840 power supply: yes updated: Wed 16 Oct 2013 12:58:33 PM EDT (7193 seconds ago) has history: yes has statistics: yes battery present: yes rechargeable: yes state: fully-charged energy: 66.6 Wh energy-empty: 0 Wh energy-full: 66.6 Wh energy-full-design: 66.6 Wh energy-rate: 0.0111 W voltage: 12.836 V percentage: 0% capacity: 76.9167% technology: lithium-ion Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT2 native-path: BAT2 vendor: Samsung SDI model: DELL W1GGM26 serial: 12515 power supply: yes updated: Wed 16 Oct 2013 12:58:33 PM EDT (7193 seconds ago) has history: yes has statistics: yes battery present: yes rechargeable: yes state: fully-charged energy: 31.08 Wh energy-empty: 0 Wh energy-full: 31.08 Wh energy-full-design: 31.08 Wh energy-rate: 0.0111 W voltage: 12.428 V percentage: 0% capacity: 81.2857% technology: lithium-ion Note that state is fully-charged, but percentage is o% on both batteries. This worked fine on 13.04. Daemon: daemon-version: 0.9.22 can-suspend: yes can-hibernate: no on-battery: no on-low-battery: no lid-is-closed: no lid-is-present: yes is-docked: no ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: upower 0.9.22-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Oct 16 15:02:33 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-04-04 (925 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: upower UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-16 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upower/+bug/1240673/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp