Battery indicator missing, ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
There is a closed , question at Battery Indicator Missing. But I have the problem and have not found any solution yet. Also asked a question about it on Launchpad but no replies again. https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/197436
I updated the kernel from 3.2 to 3.4 precise. I have ubuntu 12.04, on 64 bit machine, dell E6400. I tried
chawla@chawla-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install indicator-power Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done indicator-power is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 71 not upgraded.
but nothing works, anyone have the idea about it? Thanks
I had accidentally hit "Show Time in Menu Bar" when clicking on the battery on the menu bar in Gnome. This apparently hid the battery quite well. Here's what I needed:
Run dconf-editor. (Press Alt+F2, and type in dconf-editor, and hit "Run".) Browse to com > canonical > indicator > power and check the "show-time" setting. Your battery icon should re-appear immediately. "show-time" was the one I needed to change, but note that if "icon-policy" is "never", you will need to select one of the other options for the icon to appear.
(Note: This thing is buggy as hell. There's System Settings > Power, which has "Show battery status in the menu bar", and this settings is blank for me, so you would think selecting "when battery is present" would correct the problem. Unfortunately, it not only does it not "Show the battery status in the menu bar when the battery is present", but it also doesn't stick: leaving the dialog and coming back returns me to a blank as my selected option.)
First way
Try to use this command:
sudo apt-get remove indicator-power && sudo apt-get install indicator-power
and please say what you get, for me to write way 2
I've tried everything on this page but didn't solve my problem of the battery indicator missing.
So I decided to restart the computer and try that, but no hope still the same, no indicator. I took the battery out of my laptop for about 5 seconds and put it in and turn my laptop on and tada! it's back on the tool bar.
Maybe that's something you'd wanna try first especially for first time Linux user so you don't have to put in code without knowing what they are before doing them. That's how I am with some terminal codes... I"m scared to put them in and its gonna mess something up even more.
If battery indicator is not showing, here's my solution:
- Turn off comp/laptop
- Remove battery for about 5-15 secs (just to make sure)
- Place battery back in
- Boot comp/laptop back on
and at very login screen you should be able to see the battery indicator without login in.
Hope this works.
For battery/power enter this command in terminal than logout and login back:
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power active true