gnome power manager

[Ashish R]

Hi Folks,
         I have encountered this problem with gnome power manager. I have a
Compaq Presario v2000 series laptop. I upgraded from breezy to dapper. The
problem with power manager is, when I plug my laptop to AC power it shows the
charging icon, then I remove the power cord and it shows the battery icon. Now,
I log off and logon to GNOME, I don't see the battery icon but I see the
charging icon, the output of acpi -V shows me it's still on battery.

Now the hazzle is, when I am on battery and it shows the battery icon,
when I have very less battery charge left it warns me and also shutdown
the laptop when power is very less.

But however, after logoff and logon when it shows the charging icon even when
it's on battery, it does'nt even notify when there is less power in the battery. 
When on battery

ashish at ash:~$ acpi -V
     Battery 1: discharging, 29%, rate information unavailable.
     Thermal 1: ok, 54.0 degrees C
  AC Adapter 1: off-line

When on power

ashish at ash:~$ acpi -V
     Battery 1: charging, 28%, rate information unavailable.
     Thermal 1: ok, 54.0 degrees C
  AC Adapter 1: on-line
ashish at ash:~$

I have checked various combinations of this and acpi shows the correct
results always.

-- 
Ashish R,
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