so its probably related to the fact that I've explicitly told the battery not to charge while plugged in. Thats accomplished by:
stop=80 start=40 bat_d="/sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0" sudo sh -c "echo $stop > $bat_d/stop_charge_thresh && echo $start > $bat_d/start_charge_thresh" More info at http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Tp_smapi and that requires tp_smapi module loaded. -- 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 “indicator-power” package in Ubuntu: New 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/ubuntu/+source/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