Bug 450283 - Battery applet not showing
Summary: Battery applet not showing
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Power and Battery widget (show other bugs)
Version: git-stable-Plasma/5.24
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: LuneLovehearn
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Reported: 2022-02-15 05:30 UTC by LuneLovehearn
Modified: 2022-03-13 00:33 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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screenshots added as per request (527.34 KB, image/jpeg)
2022-02-15 06:35 UTC, LuneLovehearn
Details
screenshot part 2 (523.81 KB, image/png)
2022-02-15 06:36 UTC, LuneLovehearn
Details

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Description LuneLovehearn 2022-02-15 05:30:30 UTC
SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. boot or login to kde
2. battery icon is missing

OBSERVED RESULT
unable to check remaining battery and set brightness

EXPECTED RESULT
battery icon should be there when charging

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux Distro: Arch Linux with kernel 5.16.8 Zen
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.90
Qt Version: 5.15.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

as a workaround I have to restart plasma to make the battery icon show again by running "killall plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell"
idk what makes this happen but it was fine before plasma 5.24
Comment 1 ratijas 2022-02-15 06:13:13 UTC
Nate, is this another of those caching issues? How can people check logs of plasma and kwin on startup (i.e. when they are launched automatically in background instead of manually from a terminal)?

KazuhiroShigeru, is there an «broken applet» icon instead? Maybe it is hidden in systray on login? Or is it like missing completely and whatsoever? Could you please also check (which in such glitched state) what's in the «powermanager» data engine in the Plasma Engine Explorer, and attach some screenshots?
Comment 2 LuneLovehearn 2022-02-15 06:29:47 UTC
(In reply to ratijas from comment #1)
> Nate, is this another of those caching issues? How can people check logs of
> plasma and kwin on startup (i.e. when they are launched automatically in
> background instead of manually from a terminal)?
> 
> KazuhiroShigeru, is there an «broken applet» icon instead? Maybe it is
> hidden in systray on login? Or is it like missing completely and whatsoever?
> Could you please also check (which in such glitched state) what's in the
> «powermanager» data engine in the Plasma Engine Explorer, and attach some
> screenshots?
edit. after updating, it seems to be fixed now. the applet was set to autohide when battery was fully charged so it shows always when charging or using battery.
Comment 3 LuneLovehearn 2022-02-15 06:35:54 UTC
Created attachment 146753 [details]
screenshots added as per request
Comment 4 LuneLovehearn 2022-02-15 06:36:42 UTC
Created attachment 146754 [details]
screenshot part 2
Comment 5 LuneLovehearn 2022-02-15 06:38:51 UTC
(In reply to KazuhiroShigeru from comment #2)
> (In reply to ratijas from comment #1)
> > Nate, is this another of those caching issues? How can people check logs of
> > plasma and kwin on startup (i.e. when they are launched automatically in
> > background instead of manually from a terminal)?
> > 
> > KazuhiroShigeru, is there an «broken applet» icon instead? Maybe it is
> > hidden in systray on login? Or is it like missing completely and whatsoever?
it was using the default config. it it always there when using battery and charging and hides when battery is full. so it was completely missing.
> > Could you please also check (which in such glitched state) what's in the
> > «powermanager» data engine in the Plasma Engine Explorer, and attach some
> > screenshots?
added screenshots
> edit. after updating, it seems to be fixed now. the applet was set to
> autohide when battery was fully charged so it shows always when charging or
> using battery.

last arch update updated core plasma components and it seems like it fixed the battery applet.
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