Bug 832497

Summary: powertop crashes on launch due to /sys differences for BAT0
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Alex Chernyakhovsky <achernya>
Component: powertopAssignee: Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 17CC: chapelhilllaptopshop, jskarvad, lvrabec, metherid
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OS: Linux   
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Description Alex Chernyakhovsky 2012-06-15 14:43:11 UTC
Description of problem:
powertop crashes with the following message:
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::ios_base::failure'
what():  basic_filebuf::underflow error reading the file
Aborted (core dumped)

strace shows
open("/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power_now", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                           open("/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/energy_now", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

right before the crash, neither of these exist in /sys on my system, but instead there are charge_now, current_now, voltage_now.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
powertop-2.0-2.fc17.x86_64
kernel-3.4.0-1.fc17.x86_64

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run powertop on a laptop
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Actual results:
powertop crashes and dumps core

Expected results:
powertop launches

Additional info:

Comment 1 Lukas Vrabec 2012-06-19 14:50:20 UTC
I have the same problem but on my laptop powertop works fine when it's on AC power. So I think powertop crashes only when laptop is on battery power. I'm using the same version of powertop but my kernel is kernel-3.4.2-4.fc17.x86_64.

Comment 2 Jaroslav Škarvada 2012-07-03 13:18:40 UTC
Could you try the following experimental build?
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4216033

Please let me know whether it helps.

Comment 3 Lukas Vrabec 2012-07-03 18:50:16 UTC
So, I have tried it on my laptop and it works fine. Calibracion has also ended successfully and powertop is running without errors. thank you

Comment 4 Jaroslav Škarvada 2012-07-04 08:04:20 UTC
*** Bug 835682 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Jaroslav Škarvada 2012-07-04 08:12:22 UTC
Thanks for testing, pushing the update.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-07-04 08:29:05 UTC
powertop-2.0-3.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/powertop-2.0-3.fc17

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-07-04 08:29:20 UTC
powertop-2.0-3.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/powertop-2.0-3.fc16

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2012-07-05 23:34:22 UTC
Package powertop-2.0-3.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing powertop-2.0-3.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-10273/powertop-2.0-3.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2012-07-14 21:50:12 UTC
powertop-2.0-3.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2012-07-14 22:00:15 UTC
powertop-2.0-3.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.