Description of Problem: The battstat-applet-2 does not seem to be able to read battery/AC status information for ACPI Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-applets-2.0.1-5 How Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Build and install a kernel with ACPI and no APM support 2. Add a battstat-applet-2 to the gnome panel Actual Results: An applet containing no charge information and a red exclamation mark Expected Results: An applet displaying a more or less discharged battery
Possibly related: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88553 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93875
Seems well in hand on gnome.org. We'll get a new gnome-applets before the next release containing any fixes. (not quite in rawhide, but will be shortly.)