Similar issue here, although I think the cause is different. See attached screenshot.
1) The menu shows estimating... even though the battery is present and charged. Furthermore, none of the other devices have useful information. 2) Note that the menu icon is for a mouse, not a battery. If I unplug power, the indicator icon momentarily shows a full battery. When I plug in again, it switches to a mouse icon. 3) I use 3 mice and 2 keyboards with this laptop. These are Logitech "unified" devices. I think what we're seeing is that upower reports all mice and keyboards registered with the unified receiver, even if not present. ** Attachment added: "Selection_400.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-power/+bug/1231550/+attachment/3911154/+files/Selection_400.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-power in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1231550 Title: battery status indicator shows 'estimating' Status in The Power Indicator: New Status in “indicator-power” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Sometime in saucy my battery icon started showing '(estimating...)' for the 'time' in the menu bar. This could be because I: a.) am plugged into power b.) have used the thinkpad 'tp-smapi-dkms' packages to control my battery, telling it to not charge even though its plugged in I'm not sure. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: indicator-power 12.10.6+13.10.20130918.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-8.15-generic 3.11.1 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.4-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Sep 26 12:09:50 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-19 (708 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-power UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-05-20 (129 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-power/+bug/1231550/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
