Battery Icon

[Wer Bn]

Hello guys
I have Ubuntu 12.04.

Today I used my laptop battery and the icon doesn't show up.
I already chose "Show battery status when battery's plugged in"

It doesn't show up.
Thanks in advance.

[Wer Bn]

Hello!!!

[newb85]

Try this:


$ gsettings list-recursively | grep settings-daemon.*.power\ active

The resulting line should end in true. If it doesn't


$ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power active true

should set things straight.

[Wer Bn]

Nop.
Nothing happens :(

[newb85]

Nop.
Nothing happens :(

What was the result of the first command?

[Wer Bn]

What was the result of the first command?
iT WAS TRUE

[Wer Bn]

Cmon.
No one?
Please.
I wanna know how my battery's holding!!!

[Laiquendi]

Try changing it to some other options like "when charging", it's quite strange.

[Wer Bn]

Already did that
*sigh*
This is annoying.
Only happens to me.

[newb85]

You haven't provided a lot of information. Is your 12.04 setup an upgrade from a previous release, or a fresh install? Has the power indicator ever worked correctly, and if so, can you think of anything you changed/installed/removed right before it stopped working?

Please post the output of the following


$ sudo lshw -C power

Also, make sure indicator-power is installed (and post the output of the following)


$ sudo apt-get install indicator-power

[newb85]

Only happens to me.

Not true.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2055512&highlight=indicator-power
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1999971&highlight=power+indicator+missing
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2052156&highlight=power+indicator+missing

[Wer Bn]

It shows :
"sudo: incapaz de resolver máquina Extensa-5635G"

Translated to english: incapable of solving machine Extensa-5635G


And the indicator was already installed

[Wer Bn]

So, no solution?

[newb85]

It shows :
"sudo: incapaz de resolver máquina Extensa-5635G"

Translated to english: incapable of solving machine Extensa-5635G

This wasn't the output of


sudo lshw -C power

was it?

[Wer Bn]

CPUID
PCI (sysfs)

[newb85]

Your battery is going undetected. Please answer the questions in post #10 and tell what kind of machine it is.

[Wer Bn]

Sorry.
The moment I did the command the battery wasn't in the computer.

It's a Acer Extensa 5635G
It's a fresh 12.04 install

The computer detects the battery. I'm pretty sure.
It detected in Win 7 and showed the icon.

I've runned the computer in Ubuntu with the battery only and it worked.
Problem was I didn't know the percentage of it.

The output of the command with the battery in:
CPUID
PCI (sysfs)
SCSI

Just a curious fact: it's not a normal output... its really fast and then vanishes.
The next prompt goes right into the next line.

[newb85]

The question isn't whether the physical machine detects the battery, it's whether the OS detects it. The machine should be able to run on battery power without the OS doing anything.

What is the output of

sudo lshw -short

[Wer Bn]

Sorry I didn't answer any sooner.
The thing is right now I don't have the laptop.

But I'll answer as soon as possible.
I am aware of your efforts.

Thanks.

[Wer Bn]

Same thing, and then:

http://i.imgur.com/JIAXm.png

http://i.imgur.com/kzQtI.png

[Wer Bn]

Guys... hello!

[Wer Bn]

Hello. I already posted result of the command

[newb85]

Yes, and the output indicates that the OS isn't detecting the battery. The problem isn't the icon or the indicator.

Your best bet is probably to start a new thread in the Hardware & Laptops forum with a title like "sudo lshw -C power doesn't show battery".

By the way, please copy and paste such outputs as text, rather than screenshots, per forums terms of use.

[Wer Bn]

Thank you
I'll do that