The battery tray indicators I've tried on Linux so far only seem to take the instantaneous power consumption into account. Is there one that estimates remaining battery life based on power draw over a longer time window and integrates easily with my desktop environment's tray?
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Wfh@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 87d
Most of them are just a frontend for
upoweranyway.Sunsofold@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 87d
I never thought about it much but how hard would it be to add PID to your power info?
monovergent@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 87d
I think I could hack such a feature into the tray indicator as a weekend project, but wanted to see if someone already accomplished it before I go reinventing the wheel.
whatiswrongwithyou@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 87d
What is your desktop environment?
monovergent@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 87d
Xfce
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 86d
is the behavior the same in any other xwindows environment?
monovergent@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 86d
Not that I'm aware of
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 86d
this would be a useful troubleshooting step and, since you're already using xfce, you should be able to easily and temporarily switch your display manger to switch to something like gnome or kde to check.
if gnome shows battery correctly; then you know that it's xfce and then you have you answer.
monovergent@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 86d
Not going after a bug though, it's just the way the included battery meter in Xfce (and other X11 battery indicators I've found) works, while things like Android track usage over time to give a better estimate.
But based on the other responses, it looks like I'll have to cook it up myself.
whatiswrongwithyou@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 86d
Idk
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 86d