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[Pieter <1100546@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Ubuntu Wiki page at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Power#settings seems to say that if the mouse battery is low, then it gets the battery indicator. In my opinion, this is fundamentally incorrect behaviour.
If the PC has a battery then it is likely to be a laptop and therefore it's more important to display the laptop battery level instead of the mouse battery.
I care if my laptop battery is about to go flat. I don't care at all if my mouse battery is only at 29% because my mouse will probably continue to work for many weeks whereas my laptop only works for a couple of hours from 100%.
It would be better if there was a way to choose which battery level to display or have a way to completely ignore mouse battery readings.

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Title:
  Power indicator favours 'not present' mouse over laptop battery level

Status in indicator-power:
  Triaged
Status in indicator-power package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The power indicator shows the battery level for cordless mice and
  keyboards, even when it cannot identify the battery level. This is a
  problem as it seems to favour showing a "not present" mouse status
  over the laptop battery level in the top bar.

  I haven't done a good job of explaining it, so check out the
  screenshot - it will explain all :)

  Basically, the laptop battery should be shown in the top bar if the mouse/keyboard is "not present".
  Also hiding the mouse and keyboard when the battery level is unknown would also be useful too :)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: indicator-power 12.10.6daily12.11.21.1-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-0.3-generic 3.8.0-rc3
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-0-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Jan 17 10:11:16 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-14 (33 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20121214)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: indicator-power
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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