[SOLVED] XFCE not showing dynamic battery state icon (4.12/14.2)

storkus · 08-28-2016, 02:03 PM

I've really run into a wall trying to find an answer for this. I'm guessing I'm looking in the wrong place, but hopefully someone can point me the right way.

XFCE's power manager's battery icon has turned static on 4.12 and Slackware 14.2. I *THINK* I had it working at one point, but I can't remember for sure. All it shows now is whether it's on AC or battery, and not the state of charge, giving a stupid message. The power manager can access the state if I go into the menu and look at the status, but the icon never changes.

KDE on 14.2 works properly.

What am I doing wrong?

rokytnji · 08-28-2016, 03:58 PM

Is acpi installed?

Code:

$ acpi -V BAT0
Battery 0: Discharging, 100%, 05:54:00 remaining
Battery 0: design capacity 6600 mAh, last full capacity 5900 mAh = 89%
Adapter 0: off-line
Thermal 0: ok, 45.0 degrees C
Thermal 0: trip point 0 switches to mode critical at temperature 98.0 degrees C
Thermal 0: trip point 1 switches to mode passive at temperature 95.0 degrees C
Thermal 1: ok, 45.0 degrees C
Thermal 1: trip point 0 switches to mode critical at temperature 98.0 degrees C
Thermal 1: trip point 1 switches to mode passive at temperature 95.0 degrees C
Cooling 0: LCD 0 of 7
Cooling 1: Processor 0 of 10
Cooling 2: Processor 0 of 10
Cooling 3: Fan 1 of 1
Cooling 4: Fan 1 of 1

Though I am not sure it is needed for your problem. So take my post with a grain of salt.

Richard Cranium · 08-29-2016, 12:53 AM

The icon in the system tray is static. If you add the power management plugin to a panel, the plugin's icon provides pop-up information on mouse-over.

EDIT: I believe that's a change, so don't think that you've suddenly become crazy. I have no freaking idea what purpose the system tray icon has with the current implementation; on the other hand, I haven't bothered to look at the plugin's source repository to see what they were thinking.

storkus · 08-30-2016, 06:15 AM

Richard, THANK YOU, I didn't realize there was now a separate plugin to display this, and according to your edit, neither did you. Absolutely crazy they broke out this functionality, and it makes no more sense to me than you. Obviously this is XFCE-specific and shouldn't have been posted here, but thank you guys for answering, anyway!

_peter · 11-18-2018, 03:14 AM

thanks Richard, i had the same question: why xfce-power-manager tray icon doesn't change between AC and battery modes?
now it is cleared, static.