Battery discharge indicator

New Lenovo P-series laptop. The state of the battery is not indicated as < 100%. I must reboot to learn the current state of charge.

The battery indicator we ship relies on what the kernel knows about the battery status. If either of those don’t work properly, it means there is a bug in the upstream project - you’d likely only get a solution by figuring out whether it’s the indicator GNOME app or the kernel, and then filing a bug with the respective project.

Turns out one has to flip a “switch” by inserting a paperclip in a hole in the back of the computer. Just filing the solution in case anybody thinks the problem is due to the OS.