[SOLVED]Remaining Batter time gone after Xfce 4.8 update

I opened this thread in the DE section because I think it's related to the recent XFCE Update.
I've updated my system. It included the XFCE 4.8 updates. After the update process it already noticed some changes to XFCE so I rebooted. After that I noticed that the applet for the remaining battery time does not show the time anymore. Just the status (like 60%). The remaining time is always 00:00 if I enable it. I already tried removing and adding the applet.
Pacman.log
[2011-01-19 16:53] synchronizing package lists
[2011-01-19 16:53] starting full system upgrade
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded acl (2.2.49-1 -> 2.2.49-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded chromium (8.0.552.224-1 -> 8.0.552.237-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] Generating locales...
[2011-01-19 16:57] de_DE.UTF-8... done
[2011-01-19 16:57] de_DE.ISO-8859-1... done
[2011-01-19 16:57] de_DE.ISO-8859-15@euro... done
[2011-01-19 16:57] Generation complete.
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded glibc (2.12.2-1 -> 2.12.2-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded dash (0.5.6.1-1 -> 0.5.6.1-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded dmxproto (2.3-1 -> 2.3.1-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded pango-perl (1.221-2 -> 1.221-3)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded gtk2-perl (1.222-1 -> 1.222-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded gdbm (1.8.3-7 -> 1.8.3-8)
[2011-01-19 16:57] - The directories /usr/lib/perl5/current, /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/current,
[2011-01-19 16:57] /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1, and /usr/share/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1
[2011-01-19 16:57] have been removed from @INC.
[2011-01-19 16:57] - The script/binary directories are now /usr/bin/*_perl instead of
[2011-01-19 16:57] /usr/lib/perl5/*_perl/bin which will be eventually removed.
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded perl (5.12.1-3 -> 5.12.2-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded perl-gtk2-ex-formfactory (0.66-1 -> 0.66-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded lib32-gcc-libs (4.5.2-4 -> 4.5.2-4.2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded gcc-libs-multilib (4.5.2-4 -> 4.5.2-4.2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded imagemagick (6.6.6.10-1 -> 6.6.6.10-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded perl-libintl-perl (1.20-1 -> 1.20-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded perl-event-execflow (0.64-1 -> 0.64-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] update desktop mime database...
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded dvdrip (0.98.11-1 -> 0.98.11-5)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded libxfce4util (4.6.2-1 -> 4.8.1-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded exo (0.3.107-2 -> 0.6.0-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded x264 (20101013-1 -> 20110115-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded ffmpeg (25679-1 -> 26387-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded libmpc (0.8.2-2 -> 0.8.2-3)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded gcc-multilib (4.5.2-4 -> 4.5.2-4.2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded perl-error (0.17016-1 -> 0.17016-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded git (1.7.3.5-1 -> 1.7.3.5-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded gmp (5.0.1-1 -> 5.0.1-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded gstreamer0.10-ugly (0.10.16-1 -> 0.10.16-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins (0.10.16-1 -> 0.10.16-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded gtk-xfce-engine (2.6.0-1 -> 2.8.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded lib32-libpng (1.4.4-1 -> 1.4.5-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded libjpeg (8.0.2-1 -> 8.3.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded libx11 (1.4.0-1 -> 1.4.1-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded xfconf (4.6.2-2 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded libxfcegui4 (4.6.4-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded mplayer (32663-1 -> 32792-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded networkmanager (0.8.3-0.20101130 -> 0.8.3-0.20110113)
[2011-01-19 16:57] when you use a non-reparenting window manager
[2011-01-19 16:57] set _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 in
[2011-01-19 16:57] /etc/profile.d/openjdk6.sh
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded openjdk6 (6.b20_1.9.3-1 -> 6.b20_1.9.4-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] installed garcon (0.1.5-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] installed libxfce4ui (4.8.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded xfce4-panel (4.6.4-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded popt (1.16-2 -> 1.16-3)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded orage (4.6.1-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded pcre (8.11-1 -> 8.12-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded perl-event (1.13-2 -> 1.13-3)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded perl-xml-parser (2.40-1 -> 2.40-2)
[2011-01-19 16:57] installed thunar-vfs (1.2.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:57] upgraded squeeze (0.2.3-3 -> 0.2.3-4)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded sudo (1.7.4.p4-1 -> 1.7.4.p5-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded terminal (0.4.5-1 -> 0.4.5-2)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded thunar (1.0.2-1 -> 1.2.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded thunar-volman (0.3.80-1 -> 0.6.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded udisks (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.2-2)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded unrar (4.0.3-1 -> 4.0.4-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded vlc (1.1.5-2 -> 1.1.5-3)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded vlc-plugin (1.1.5-2 -> 1.1.5-3)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xf86vidmodeproto (2.3-1 -> 2.3.1-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfburn (0.4.3-1 -> 0.4.3-3)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce-utils (4.6.2-3 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-appfinder (4.6.2-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-battery-plugin (0.5.1-2 -> 1.0.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-clipman-plugin (1.1.3-1 -> 1.1.3-2)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-cpufreq-plugin (0.0.1-7 -> 0.0.1-8)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-cpugraph-plugin (1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-datetime-plugin (0.6.0-1 -> 0.6.1-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-dev-tools (4.6.0-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-eyes-plugin (4.4.0-5 -> 4.4.1-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-fsguard-plugin (0.4.1-1 -> 1.0.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-mixer (4.6.1-1 -> 4.6.1-2)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-mount-plugin (0.5.4-3 -> 0.5.5-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-mpc-plugin (0.3.5-1 -> 0.3.6-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-netload-plugin (0.4.0-5 -> 1.0.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-notes-plugin (1.7.7-1 -> 1.7.7-2)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-notifyd (0.1.0-2 -> 0.2.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] installed upower (0.9.7-2)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-power-manager (0.8.5-1 -> 1.0.3-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin (1.9.4-4 -> 1.9.4-5)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-screenshooter (1.7.9-1 -> 1.7.9-2)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-session (4.6.2-2 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-settings (4.6.5-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-systemload-plugin (0.4.2-5 -> 1.0.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-verve-plugin (0.3.5-1 -> 1.0.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-wavelan-plugin (0.5.5-1 -> 0.5.6-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] installed gnome-panel-bonobo (2.32.1-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-xfapplet-plugin (0.1.0-6 -> 0.1.0-7)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfce4-xkb-plugin (0.5.3.3-2 -> 0.5.3.3-3)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfdesktop (4.6.2-2 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xfwm4 (4.6.2-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2011-01-19 16:58] upgraded xineramaproto (1.2-1 -> 1.2.1-1)
Before the update the time was shown correctly. I included the pacman.log from the update. If I type acpi in my terminal it gives
$ acpi
Battery 0: Discharging, 52%, discharging at zero rate - will never fully discharge.
Edit:
I found this thread:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=109318
When I enter acpi -p instead of acpi -b the time is shown. How can I make the applet now displaying the remaining time?
Edit2
An update of the battery applett fixed it
Last edited by McFlow (2011-01-24 09:21:04)

OK, I got it.
In case someone else has this problem. The Trash and Removable Media icons were checked in Desktop Settings/Icons, but none of them showed up on the Desktop. The reason turned out to be the way how I started up xfce: instead of
exec ck-launch-session xfce4-session
in my .xinitrc, it should be
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
startxfce4 is a script wrapper for xfce4-session, which also sets some env variables...
Thanks anyway
Last edited by Leonid.I (2011-01-22 17:00:11)

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OK, So I'm a cry baby.
But I do not buy your argument that it was all my fault. After I inrterupted the hour ling gray screen and ran and fixed a few previlige problems and tried again over 2 hour went by with nothing but the gray screen.
Archive and intall did get me back and running, but by now 4 -5 hours of my life are gone that I want back!
And the tone on this whole board seems to be we MacBook owners, who unsupectingly trusted Apple and let the Automaitic Software Update have its way with a computer that was functioning just fine, the result of which is a computer that needs to have the OS reinstalled, are at fault for having poor prior knowledge?
I bring up Microsoft because they are BAD. They have an OS that allows 3rd parties to install code to render your computer useless at best, a robot of evil at worst.
Yet here we have the Apple, a trusted known entity and the manufacture of not only the hardware but the OS handing us an install that should have just WORKED.
So al I can think is the Delta install is the culprit, since I had previously been on 10.4.7 and the Archive & Install put in 10.4.6. The Combined installer is ok.
Again MacBook owners are victimized for keeping current?
Some one at Apple deserves a dummy slap at least.
MacBook owners represent the "Switchers". They bought on style and a promis of stability and reliability. Not the allure of becoming UNIX Geeks or even Uber User or browsers of forums. They came from that dull gray world out there where viruse roam but if you let automatic updates run and loaded up with antiv virus and spyware scanners, things pretty much worked.
I'm not new to mac as I have been usinge them since I shelled out $3,500 for a Mac SE. (Don't laugh). I gave up however being a Uber User and I at least am tenaciouse enought to find this discussion board. I suspect there are going to be a lot of busy Mac "Geniouses" for the next few days as ordinary computer users stream in with MacBooks with gray screens.
You know Sony support totally *****, but they are rated the best on the PC side for customer satisfaction. Why? You almost never have to seek support from Sony.
Again I'm just ******** 'casue it happend to me on a new laptop that was bone stock. Its working now so problem solved.

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