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[Don McCants <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is tied to an Ubuntu bug as well (
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-power/+bug/1315434
), where mouse power is prioritized over laptop battery power. There is
a workaround for the prioritization issue, but the fact that it does not
update on battery discharge anyhow, is a huge issue.

I have encountered this on a ASUS laptop as well as an HP laptop, and it
occurs in the last 2 Freya updates.

Many people have attempted to document workarounds (Google), like manual
resets tied to CRON jobs, but nothing is a permanent fix.

Prioritizing mouse battery (which takes 8-18 months to discharge) over
laptop power (which discharges in 2-8 hours) is a huge, HUGE (yes, all
caps) issue IMHO. It effectively renders laptop installs of elementary
as "crippled." And when all of my laptop batteries repeatedly runs out
of power, despite saying 80%, it makes elementary OS for portability
with laptops untenable.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374908

Title:
  power-indicator frozen immediately after boot

Status in indicator-power package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04.1, immediately after booting or resuming the system, power indicator stops updating and instead remains stuck at whatever state it was in upon boot. Power Statistics seems to accurately display the battery status, but indicator and power settings do not. I saw this problem popped up a few years back with Samsung machines and was subsequently patched, but haven't heard much about it recently.
  When i run 
  upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT1
  the proper information shows up.
  My laptop has only 1 battery, and I was under the impression that it should show up under BAT0, but I am not entirely sure. The issue has not affected the actual charging and discharging of the battery.

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