xfce4-battery-plugin does not work

Greutel · 2016-11-12 12:29:37

Hello,
i would really like to see the battery percentage without having to hover my mouse over the icon so i installed the xfce4-battery-plugin.
But if i add "battery monitor" to the tray it's still the old plugin without the percentage or the option to show the percentage.

I am on wattOS LXDE R10 with xfce 4.12, i'm pretty new to the linux stuff but i am a fast learner and english is not my first language so sorry in advance for the misunderstandings.

ToZ · 2016-11-12 12:49:18

Hello and welcome.

Right-click the plugin and select Properties. On the display tab are display options for displaying things like the percentage. The Power Manager plugin is the more recent battery plugin that can also display information.

Greutel · 2016-11-12 13:08:14

https://goo.gl/photos/grBREUVHQuY2hvVz6

i have no such options, as you can see.

Last edited by Greutel (2016-11-12 13:10:09)

ToZ · 2016-11-12 15:07:02

You have an older version of the battery plugin. Using your package manager, can you identify which version it is?
What happens when you click on "Show extended information" checkbox?

As for the plugin manager, try running the following command:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-power-manager -p /xfce4-power-manager/show-panel-label --create -t int -s 1

...to see if it displays the percentage. If not, can you identify the version as well using your package manager?

Greutel · 2016-11-12 18:38:31

I have xfce4-battery-plugin version 1.0.5-2ubuntu1, additional information simply displays more info if i hover the mouse over it and the xconf doesn't do anything.

ToZ · 2016-11-12 19:06:33

Greutel wrote:

I have xfce4-battery-plugin version 1.0.5-2ubuntu1, additional information simply displays more info if i hover the mouse over it

Ok, so it was added in a later version then. Looks like your out of luck here.

and the xconf doesn't do anything.

Did you have the power manager plugin added to the panel? What version of xfce4-power-manager do you have installed?

Greutel · 2016-11-12 20:20:45

the xfce4-power-manager is 1.4.3-0ubuntu1~1.4.04.1, i think i updated it today and since then the option to add the plugin to the panel is gone.

ToZ · 2016-11-12 23:27:19

Well that's an older version as well so that xfconf command won't work.

You could use the genmon plugin to display something similar by creating a script to extract the battery information and display it in the panel in the format that you want. Here is a script that might work.

If you'd like some help creating a script, post back the results of:

upower -d

...and

ls /proc/acpi/battery

Greutel · 2016-11-13 00:04:07

upower-d while plugged in:

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC
native-path: AC
power supply: yes
updated: So 13 Nov 2016 01:00:26 CET (54 seconds ago)
has history: no
has statistics: no
line-power
online: yes

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
native-path: BAT0
vendor: LGC
model: 45N1025
serial: 16398
power supply: yes
updated: So 13 Nov 2016 01:01:00 CET (20 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: charging
energy: 24,71 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 40,24 Wh
energy-full-design: 62,16 Wh
energy-rate: 30,977 W
voltage: 12,511 V
time to full: 30,1 minutes
percentage: 61%
capacity: 64,7362%
technology: lithium-ion
History (charge):
1478995260 61,000 charging
1478995227 60,000 charging
1478995226 0,000 unknown
History (rate):
1478995260 30,977 charging
1478995230 27,246 charging
1478995228 24,681 charging
1478995227 24,288 charging
1478995226 0,000 unknown

Daemon:
daemon-version: 0.9.23
can-suspend: yes
can-hibernate: yes
on-battery: no
on-low-battery: no
lid-is-closed: no
lid-is-present: yes
is-docked: no

i apparently have no /proc/acpi/battery file.

ToZ · 2016-11-13 02:30:58

Give this a try (it includes the script and icons).

Greutel · 2016-11-13 14:03:46

I think there's something wrong with the plugins in this distro, genmon doesn't show up either.. I think i'll have to stick with having to hover over the battery icon every time.

raleigh · 2017-03-05 13:53:04

Hi there, I also have the same issue... Any updates or solution to this? Thank you in advance.

ToZ · 2017-03-05 14:22:57

raleigh wrote:

Hi there, I also have the same issue... Any updates or solution to this? Thank you in advance.

Hello and welcome to the forums.

Can you identify which issue you are experiencing (there are a few that are mentioned in this thread)?

Also, which distro and what version of Xfce are you using?

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