[ubuntu karmic] 720Watt netbooks?

I'm getting the same on my Acer Aspire 110L also.

Its also not the only gnome power problem I'm having in karmic, see bug #393008

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please open a terminal and execute: apport-collect 451557 ? It will attach the necessary information to this report. Also you can submit more information for it by looking to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingGNOMEPowerManager , Thanks in advance.

Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gnome-power-manager 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: gnome-power-manager 2.28.1-0ubuntu1.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-18.55-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-18-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout dip lpadmin mythtv netdev plugdev sambashare
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1626): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1626): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:1722): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1743): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (thunderbird-bin:4190): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times

If I am not mistaken then the above apport-collect data say that the charge rate is 0W, not 720W. (That is closer to the real 10W, but still not satisfactory ;-)) . I therefore checked the power history and saw no power data collected for the last week, although this computer was continuously on for a few days. I then clicked a few tabs and graphing options on the Power Statistics history and voila, the 720W is back!

I do the apport-collect again right now, and expect it to show 720W charging:

Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: gnome-power-manager 2.28.1-0ubuntu1.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-18.55-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-18-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout dip lpadmin mythtv netdev plugdev sambashare
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1626): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1626): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:1722): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1743): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (thunderbird-bin:4190): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times

... and back to 720W we are!

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. A new version of GNOME Power Manager is available on Maverick and we are wondering if this bug is still an issue for you with that version? Could you please test and comment back? Thanks in advance.

compare with Bug #413799

I am now running Lucid on my netbook, and the history and stats as shown by the gnome-power-manager do seem to be realistic.

However, I do note one logical glitch in the display of "Time to empty": when this time is, let's say, 2h, and the AC power is connected, the Time to empty shows 0h (zero hours). If anything, this should be infinity, though simply omitting a data point of zero might be more adequate.

Likewise, when AC is connected and the removed, the "Time to full" is shown as 0s (zero second). That would also have to be infinity (or again omitted altogether).

[Expired for gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]