[gpm] odd bahavior connecting/disconnecting power

[don-gpm isis cs3-inc com (Don Cohen)]

The problem seems to have been in the battery.
I rebooted to several different OS versions and got the same behavior.
Although the mouse over the power icon then showed only one copy of
"Laptop battery is fully charged".
When I removed the battery and put it back in, it started to charge.
And now I have two copies again of the message, now Laptop battery
charging.  So I guess it was the battery that needed the reboot.

Don Cohen writes:
 > 
 > This might be related to some recent update.
 > Or maybe just a bug that is triggered by something I've done.
 > The machine is HP Paviliion dv5.
 > My power light is flashing.  The manual says
 >  Blinking: A battery that is the only available power
 >  source has reached a low battery level. When the
 >  battery reaches a critical battery level, the battery
 >  light begins blinking rapidly.
 > Software is fedora 14, kernel 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64
 > If you tell me what other components to look for I can tell you
 > the versions I have installed.
 > 
 > The big problem is that I'm in a state where, if I unplug the power,
 > I see the power meter going down as it should, but when I plug in
 > again it seems not to recharge.  The power icon says fully charged,
 > though as soon as I unplug it I see the previous number (now down to
 > 67%) 
 > The power statistics device history window records points when
 > unplugged but not when plugged.
 > BTW, when I put my mouse on the power icon I see two identical
 > messages (currently "Laptop battery is fully charged").
 > 
 > I expect reboot will solve the problem for a while.  I guess that's
 > what I'll have to do when I get down to zero.