Re: [gpm] gnome power manager not recieving acpi notifications

[Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com>]

On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 12:52 -0500, Taylor wrote:
> 
> Since yesterday 24.09.06 i realized my notebook always had the battery
> icon showing chargin even when i plugged it out. it then occured ot me
> something was wrong with the g-p-m acpi -b shows me the actual state
> of my battery and lshal -m shows me when i plug in my charger or
> disconnect it. can anyone help me with this? from the reading I've
> done i realize that the g-p-m speaks directly to hal and gets all its
> notifications through hal so i figure it gets all the acpi
> notifications through hal, why would the notifications stop being
> sent. 

When the icon stops changing, try opening a terminal and doing:

lshal -m

and see if any events happen if you plug and unplug your ac adapter.

Richard.