Trouble with xfce4-battery-manager on Xubuntu Gutsy

[Erik Harrison]

On 10/14/07, Peter Spotts <pspotts at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I've been having consistent problems using the battery-monitor plug-in
> with Xubuntu Gusty beta. The monitor starts, then goes into
> "uninterruptible" mode (as seen with the system monitor), and it
> disappears from the panel, leaving a blank space where the icon used to
> be. And the blank space remains on the panel throughout the active
> session. I've tried reinstalling the plug-in, but that doesn't help.
> I've also been getting fairly consistent error messages on start-up
> (hald fails to initiate) and wonder if the two may be linked.
>
> Any thoughts on how I can solve this?

I hate to say it, but I'd really ask this on a Xubuntu list. IIRC
bat-mon is a goody - basically a third party plugin, and Xubuntu is
beta software. Could be any number of issues, almost all of which you
should _really_ tell the Xubuntu guys so they can fix it.

>
> With best regards,
>
> Pete
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