Package: upower Version: 0.9.12-1+b1 Severity: normal When I plug in both AC and the battery, the KDE power management icon keeps showing "no battery" for a fraction of a second, about twice a minute. Directly after plugging AC in, there's even mire flashing. This did not happen before I changed to Debian testing (I used Kubuntu before). I noticed that the backend for power management was changed from HAL to upower, and indeed upower is the problem here. Running "upower --monitor" for about a minute while not changing anything power-related gives this output, in sync with the GUI:
[14:53:52.731] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:53:53.015] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:53:53.021] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:53:53.548] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:53:54.548] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:53:55.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:53:56.550] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:53:57.550] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:11.768] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:12.031] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:12.031] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:12.548] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:13.550] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:14.550] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:15.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:16.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:30.800] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:31.037] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:31.039] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:32.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:33.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:34.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:35.550] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:54:36.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 When plugging in, there's even more activity: [14:55:24.012] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:24.860] daemon changed: [14:55:24.860] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:24.860] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC [14:55:25.041] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:25.448] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:25.452] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:25.974] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:26.303] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:26.306] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:26.547] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:26.932] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:27.163] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:27.169] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:27.571] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:27.876] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:28.115] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:28.119] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:28.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:28.858] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:29.118] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:29.122] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:29.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:29.781] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:30.084] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:30.089] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:30.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:30.731] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:30.962] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:30.962] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:31.570] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:31.682] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:31.954] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:31.957] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:32.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:32.661] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:32.925] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:32.925] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:33.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:33.587] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:33.874] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:33.878] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:34.538] device removed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:34.842] device added: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:34.846] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:34.851] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:35.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:36.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:37.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 [14:55:38.549] device changed: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages upower depends on: ii dbus 1.4.14-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libc6 2.13-16 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdbus-1-3 1.4.14-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.94-4 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libglib2.0-0 2.28.6-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgudev-1.0-0 172-1 GObject-based wrapper library for ii libimobiledevice1 1.0.6-3 Library for communicating with the ii libplist1 1.6-2 Library for handling Apple binary ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.102-1 PolicyKit Authorization API ii libupower-glib1 0.9.12-1+b1 abstraction for power management - ii libusb-1.0-0 2:1.0.8-4 userspace USB programming library ii pm-utils 1.4.1-8 utilities and scripts for power ma ii udev 172-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo Versions of packages upower recommends: ii policykit-1 0.102-1 framework for managing administrat upower suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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