Bug#573916: gnome-power-manager: Fail to detect laptop battery

[aaro]

Package: gnome-power-manager
Version: 2.28.3-2
Severity: important

On debian squeeze, after last update, gnome-power-manager no longer detects the laptop battery. Searching in the update history i found this could be possible related to this package which was the only power-manager related which was upgraded: libdevkit-power-gobject1


-- Package-specific info:
Distro version:       squeeze/sid
Kernel version:       2.6.30-2-686
g-p-m version:        2.28.3
HAL version:          0.5.14
System manufacturer:  missing
System version:       missing
System product:       missing
AC adapter present:   yes
Battery present:      yes
Laptop panel present: yes
CPU scaling present:  yes
Battery Information:
  battery.charge_level.current = 47012  (0xb7a4)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.design = 47520  (0xb9a0)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.last_full = 47012  (0xb7a4)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.percentage = 100  (0x64)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.rate = 0  (0x0)  (int)
  battery.is_rechargeable = true  (bool)
  battery.model = 'EV06047'  (string)
  battery.present = true  (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_charging = false  (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_discharging = false  (bool)
  battery.reporting.current = 4392  (0x1128)  (int)
  battery.reporting.design = 4400  (0x1130)  (int)
  battery.reporting.last_full = 4353  (0x1101)  (int)
  battery.reporting.rate = 0  (0x0)  (int)
  battery.reporting.technology = 'Li-ion'  (string)
  battery.reporting.unit = 'mAh'  (string)
  battery.serial = '19636'  (string)
  battery.technology = 'lithium-ion'  (string)
  battery.type = 'primary'  (string)
  battery.vendor = 'SDI-KA'  (string)
  battery.voltage.current = 12518  (0x30e6)  (int)
  battery.voltage.design = 10800  (0x2a30)  (int)
  battery.voltage.unit = 'mV'  (string)
DeviceKit data:
Daemon:
  daemon-version:  (null)
  can-suspend:     no
  can-hibernate    no
  on-battery:      no
  on-low-battery:  no
  lid-is-closed:   no
  lid-is-present:   no
GNOME Power Manager Process Information:
HAL Process Information:
108       2083  0.0  0.1   6660  4576 ?        Ss   14:45   0:07 /usr/sbin/hald
root      2084  0.0  0.0   3328  1192 ?        S    14:45   0:00  \_ hald-runner
root      2121  0.0  0.0   3420  1344 ?        S    14:45   0:00      \_ hald-ad
root      2134  0.0  0.0   3396  1128 ?        S    14:45   0:01      \_ hald-ad
root      2147  0.0  0.0   3396  1128 ?        S    14:45   0:01      \_ hald-ad
108       2149  0.0  0.0   3248  1152 ?        S    14:45   0:00      \_ hald-ad

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-power-manager depends on:
ii  consolekit  0.4.1-4                      framework for defining and trackin
ii  dbus-x11    1.2.20-2                     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  devicekit-p 014-3                        abstraction for power management
ii  gconf2      2.28.0-1                     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libbonobo2- 2.24.2-1                     Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6       2.10.2-6                     Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2   1.8.10-2                     The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra 0.22-1                       Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra 0.22-1                       a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libdbus-1-3 1.2.20-2                     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-gli 0.84-1                       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdevkit-p 1:0.9.0+git20100216.b9bb78-2 abstraction for power management -
ii  libgconf2-4 2.28.0-1                     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0- 2.22.4-1                     The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-ke 2.28.2-1                     GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgtk2.0-0 2.18.6-1                     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1  0.4.5-1                      sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libpanel-ap 2.28.0-3                     library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0 1.26.2-1                     Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libunique-1 1.1.6-1                      Library for writing single instanc
ii  libx11-6    2:1.3.3-1                    X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6    2:1.1.1-2                    X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxrandr2  2:1.3.0-3                    X11 RandR extension library
ii  notificatio 0.4.0-2                      a daemon that displays passive pop

Versions of packages gnome-power-manager recommends:
ii  devicekit-disks               009-3      abstraction for enumerating block 

Versions of packages gnome-power-manager suggests:
ii  hal                           0.5.14-2   Hardware Abstraction Layer

-- no debconf information