Trouble with xfce4-battery-manager on Xubuntu Gutsy

[Peter Spotts]

On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 01:31 -0400, Erik Harrison wrote:
> 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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> 

Roger that; Thought I'd try here first, though, in case it was something
simple that has to do with me, not the still-buggy beta software. 

Thanks for the reply...

With best regards,

Pete

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