Public bug reported: Short story: I have a CyberPower 825AVR (USB attached) when attaching my iPhone or iPad (via USB) to charge, the Unity (gnome power manager?) displays a message saying the UPS battery is critically low and the system will shut down immediately. It does shut down immediately. It seems that upowerd or the gnome power manager "confuses" the device's (e.g., my iPhone's) battery with my UPS's battery. Interestingly, if I unplug the UPS cable, plug-in my iPhone, and then plug-in my UPS, the system does not shut down. However, the gnome power manager icon disappears and reappears at an interval of a second or two.
Hopefully Useful Details: - Fresh install of Ubuntu 15.10 on my mid-2011 (i5-2400S, 20GB RAM) 21.5" iMac. - Single boot (OS/X is not installed). - UPS battery is in good health and fully charged. - Power drain on UPS is minimal: iMac, additional LCD display, and desktop speakers. upower: Installed: 0.99.3-1build2 Candidate: 0.99.3-1build2 Version table: *** 0.99.3-1build2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status gnome-power-manager: Installed: 3.16.1-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.16.1-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.16.1-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status I wrote a mark in syslog before plugging in my iPhone and attached the (hopefully) relevant part of the log. I think line 41 is the key. Of course, if you need info or help, please ask. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: upower 0.99.3-1build2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-22.27-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Dec 29 20:35:33 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-21 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: upower UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: upower (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily ** Attachment added: "Relevant portion of syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1530014/+attachment/4541985/+files/power.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1530014 Title: When charging phone/tablet, power management says UPS battery is low and causes immediate shutdown To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upower/+bug/1530014/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs