Battery monitor problem

[vlatosev]

Hi, I have Dell Inspirion 5547 and at first battery settings were working fine but after I try to "adjust" something (don't remember what exactly) they not working properly.
When computer is on battery kubuntu enables always "On low battery" mode. This is not big problem but I never get system notification when battery is really low.
All settings in Battery Monitor Settings menu are correct. Also I tried to adjust settings in ~/.kde/share/config/power... files and finally to delete them, but no luck.
Battery indicator is always correct and notifications when I plug/unplug are also correct.
Thanks for your help.

[SecretCode]

So the battery indicator shows 100% when fully charged, and it shows that the battery discharges at a reasonable rate?

What percentage values do you have for low battery and critical? (I forget the exact wording)

[vlatosev]

Yes battery indicator showing correct battery levels. Low battery is 20% Critical is 5% (Default values). Notifications are configured I think correctly. Problem is that when my battery drops below "Low battery" level I get no notification, like those events not firing. Also screen brightness is not changing.

[SecretCode]

Might be worth posting your ~/.kde/share/config/power... files for comparison (as a better option than posting screenshots!)

[vlatosev]

Here is powerdevil.notifyrc:

[Event/criticalbattery]
Action=Sound|Popup|Taskbar
Execute=
KTTS=
Logfile=

[Event/fullbattery]
Action=Sound|Popup
Execute=
KTTS=
Logfile=

[Event/lowbattery]
Action=Sound|Popup|Taskbar
Execute=
KTTS=
Logfile=

[Event/pluggedin]
Action=Sound|Popup
Execute=
KTTS=
Logfile=

[Event/powerdevilerror]
Execute=
KTTS=
Logfile=

[Event/unplugged]
Action=Sound|Popup
Execute=
KTTS=
Logfile=

powerdevilrc:

[BatteryManagement]
BatteryCriticalAction=0

powermanagementprofilesrc:

[AC]
icon=battery-charging

[AC][BrightnessControl]
value=100

[AC][DPMSControl]
idleTime=600

[AC][DimDisplay]
idleTime=300000

[AC][HandleButtonEvents]
lidAction=1
powerButtonAction=16

[Activities][1e3d077e-a502-4796-8507-be6b5cb1a8a9]
actLike=AC
mode=None

[Activities][6e6df7e1-9fa6-4ac9-8c32-1e2c2ce0f30d]
mode=None

[Battery]
icon=battery-060

[Battery][BrightnessControl]
value=60

[Battery][DPMSControl]
idleTime=300

[Battery][DimDisplay]
idleTime=120000

[Battery][HandleButtonEvents]
lidAction=1
powerButtonAction=16

[Battery][SuspendSession]
idleTime=600000
suspendType=1

[LowBattery]
icon=battery-low

[LowBattery][BrightnessControl]
value=30

[LowBattery][DPMSControl]
idleTime=120

[LowBattery][DimDisplay]
idleTime=60000

[LowBattery][HandleButtonEvents]
lidAction=1
powerButtonAction=16

[LowBattery][SuspendSession]
idleTime=300000
suspendType=1

I also don't get batteryfull notification (battery charges normally).

[SecretCode]

My powerdevil.notifyrc is almost empty, and I don't have a powerdevilrc.

I wonder if the reason you aren't getting any notifications is that you have powerdevil.notifyrc overriding all the events with no sound or message text defined. Compare it with /usr/share/kde4/apps/powerdevil/powerdevil.notifyrc

If you delete both the powerdevil files does it make a difference?

The powermanagementprofilesrc file looks fine. Do you see the screen brightness change when you remove AC power? And when the battery falls below 20%? Is it just the notifications that are missing?

[vlatosev]

I will mark this as solved. I deleted entire ~/.kde directory and power management now works as it should. I never found what was real issue here. Thanks for replying.