I can confirm this behaviour. If gnome-power-manager is started while the battery is not plugged in, then the "On Battery Power" tab never appears. However, G-P-M does seem to recognize the battery as the status icon is updated and the battery-related options now appear in the context menu. See g-p-m_nobat.txt
If, on the other hand, I start g-p-m while the battery is plugged in, the "On Battery Power" tab is permanently available. Even if I unplug the battery, the tab remains visible. See g-p-m_withbat.txt lshal -m does not produce any output while (un)plugging the battery. gnome-power-bugreport.sh (after restarting g-p-m with attached battery): Distro version: DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=intrepid DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.10" Kernel version: 2.6.27-7-generic g-p-m version: 2.24.0 HAL version: 0.5.11 System manufacturer: missing System version: missing System product: missing AC adapter present: yes Battery present: yes Laptop panel present: yes CPU scaling present: yes Battery Information: battery.charge_level.current = 42368 (0xa580) (int) battery.charge_level.design = 47520 (0xb9a0) (int) battery.charge_level.last_full = 42422 (0xa5b6) (int) battery.charge_level.percentage = 99 (0x63) (int) battery.charge_level.rate = 0 (0x0) (int) battery.is_rechargeable = true (bool) battery.model = 'e00511301B34B240 1704' (string) battery.present = true (bool) battery.rechargeable.is_charging = false (bool) battery.rechargeable.is_discharging = false (bool) battery.reporting.current = 3923 (0xf53) (int) battery.reporting.design = 4400 (0x1130) (int) battery.reporting.last_full = 3928 (0xf58) (int) battery.reporting.rate = 0 (0x0) (int) battery.reporting.technology = 'Li-ion' (string) battery.reporting.unit = 'mAh' (string) battery.serial = ' 1704' (string) battery.technology = 'lithium-ion' (string) battery.type = 'primary' (string) battery.vendor = 'SMP-PAN-22/main' (string) battery.voltage.current = 12505 (0x30d9) (int) battery.voltage.design = 10800 (0x2a30) (int) battery.voltage.unit = 'mV' (string) GNOME Power Manager Process Information: pg 8382 0.1 0.6 225680 13660 ? Ss 16:05 0:00 gnome-power-manager HAL Process Information: 107 5365 0.0 0.2 36268 4916 ? Ss 13:52 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald root 5369 0.0 0.0 17932 1236 ? S 13:52 0:00 \_ hald-runner root 5450 0.0 0.0 20048 1168 ? S 13:52 0:00 \_ hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event3 /dev/input/event6 /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event5 /dev/input/event1 root 5460 0.0 0.0 20060 1148 ? S 13:52 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq 107 5461 0.0 0.0 16752 1040 ? S 13:52 0:00 \_ hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket root 5472 0.0 0.0 20052 1176 ? S 13:52 0:00 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sdb (every 2 sec) root 5477 0.0 0.0 20052 1184 ? S 13:52 0:04 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/scd0 (every 2 sec) ** Attachment added: "g-p-m_nobat.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19512250/g-p-m_nobat.txt -- No "On Battery Power" tab after inserting battery https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250172 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
