Bug 113275 – xfce4-battery-0.3.0 does not see ac_adapter status

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Ulrich Müller 2005-11-22 12:16:37 UTC]

On a HP Compaq nc6120 laptop, the battery plugin does not see the ac_adapter
status. It will always report AC connected. Similar issue for thermal_zone.

See also:
<http://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=5401&group_id=910>

Attached patch fixes the problem for me (and I hope it is a general solution).

[Comment 1 Ulrich Müller 2005-11-22 12:18:59 UTC]

Created attachment 73394 [details, diff]
xfce4-battery-ac_adapter.patch

[Comment 2 Ulrich Müller 2006-01-27 08:55:20 UTC]

The problem is still present in 0.3.0-r1 (which was unmasked owing to modular X, I suppose).

[Comment 3 Brad Cowan (RETIRED) 2006-02-17 13:05:45 UTC]

Could you file a bug upstream with patch please, thanks :)

[Comment 4 Ulrich Müller 2006-02-18 02:37:09 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Could you file a bug upstream with patch please, thanks :)

Done so, see URL.

[Comment 5 Ulrich Müller 2006-04-10 02:03:39 UTC]

So... -r2 is out, adding an ac_adapter.patch that has even more "special cases" for the name of the AC adapter directory in /proc. Of course, it still does not work for the HP nc6120 (the directory is called "C172" there).

Now I wonder what is wrong with my more general solution (see attachment) that it was not considered instead?

[Comment 6 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2007-01-20 14:23:26 UTC]

Fixed in 0.4.90.2 by UPSTREAM. 0.4.90.3 is in Portage. Bug is closed RESOLVED, FIXED by UPSTREAM. Following lead..

(Nobody is intrested fixing minor bugs of 4.2 plugins since 4.4 should be released tomorrow according to xfce-dev mailinglist)