Belated thanks to TJ for that good analysis.
I see two things going wrong here. First, "(not present)" should only be
used for internal batteries; peripherals that aren't present shouldn't
be shown at all. There are thousands of possible chargeable devices not
present on your PC, so I don't know why the menu is singling out a mouse
and a keyboard here! But I hadn't made that explicit in the
specification, so I've done that now.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Power?action=diff&rev2=50&rev1=49>
Second, even when the menu does contain a "(not present)" component, it
shouldn't end up as the primary device when any other devices are
charging or discharging.
Both of those should be fixed, but if *either* was fixed, Stephen
wouldn't have experienced the bug.
Peter, thanks for the proposal, but I don't think that would solve the
problem. If someone connected their notebook to power and removed its
battery, with your alternative they'd still see "not present" in the
menu bar even when something more urgent was going on, like a wireless
keyboard about to expire.
** Changed in: indicator-power (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1100546
Title:
Power indicator favours 'not present' mouse over laptop battery level
Status in The Power Indicator:
New
Status in “indicator-power” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
The power indicator shows the battery level for cordless mice and
keyboards, even when it cannot identify the battery level. This is a
problem as it seems to favour showing a "not present" mouse status
over the laptop battery level in the top bar.
I haven't done a good job of explaining it, so check out the
screenshot - it will explain all :)
Basically, the laptop battery should be shown in the top bar if the
mouse/keyboard is "not present".
Also hiding the mouse and keyboard when the battery level is unknown would
also be useful too :)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: indicator-power 12.10.6daily12.11.21.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-0.3-generic 3.8.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-0-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jan 17 10:11:16 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-14 (33 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20121214)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: indicator-power
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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