I'm seeing the the battery indicator stuck on the estimating message on
a Dell XPS 9560 using Ubuntu 16.04.2 with 4.10.0-20-generic
#22~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 20 17:43:29 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
GNU/Linux.
The Dell XPS, as the Thinkpad of the OP, has a charge limiter to prolong
the battery life in the years. It can be set on a range from 55 % to
100% of the battery capacity.
upower reports the state as "charging" but the energy-rate is just
0,0114 W.
I think that when the rate is so low, detecting a trickle charging it's
more a fact than a guess.
This is the upower dump (some unimportant bluetooth external devices
removed):
upower --dump
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC
native-path: AC
power supply: yes
updated: sab 29 apr 2017 15:47:39 CEST (10348 seconds ago)
has history: no
has statistics: no
line-power
warning-level: none
online: yes
icon-name: 'ac-adapter-symbolic'
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
native-path: BAT0
vendor: LGC-LGC8.33
model: DELL 5XJ2871
serial: 3343
power supply: yes
updated: sab 29 apr 2017 18:38:26 CEST (101 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: charging
warning-level: none
energy: 55,6092 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 95,8512 Wh
energy-full-design: 96,9912 Wh
energy-rate: 0,0114 W
voltage: 11,7 V
percentage: 58%
capacity: 98,8246%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-good-charging-symbolic'
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice
power supply: yes
updated: sab 29 apr 2017 15:47:39 CEST (10348 seconds ago)
has history: no
has statistics: no
battery
present: yes
state: charging
warning-level: none
energy: 55,6092 Wh
energy-full: 95,8512 Wh
energy-rate: 0,0114 W
percentage: 58%
icon-name: 'battery-good-charging-symbolic'
Daemon:
daemon-version: 0.99.4
on-battery: no
lid-is-closed: no
lid-is-present: yes
critical-action: HybridSleep
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1231550
Title:
battery status indicator shows 'estimating'
Status in indicator-power:
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)
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