MX 23.4 xfce - battery lavel indicator for Bt headphones wanted

[Stevo]

Since Ubuntu has had it as default for years, here's my vote for following suit.

If not that, then added to MX Tweak.

[dolphin_oracle]

Since Ubuntu has had it as default for years, here's my vote for following suit.

If not that, then added to MX Tweak.

I personally don't mind it being a default, but we would probably need to package up the package that hosts the file.

a tweak should be easy enough though.

[TauTsar]

Worked for me too! Thanks for this!

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Snapshot created on: 20240901_1744
System:
  Kernel: 6.10.11-2-liquorix-amd64 [6.10-15~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.10.11-2-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet
    splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.4_ahs_x64 Libretto May 19  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASRock product: B650E Taichi Lite v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASRock model: B650E Taichi Lite serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
    LLC. v: 3.05 date: 07/11/2024
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 5 level: v4 note: check
    built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x61 (97) stepping: 2
    microcode: 0xA601206
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1875 high: 4844 min/max: 545/5050 scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp
    governor: performance cores: 1: 4840 2: 545 3: 4842 4: 4844 5: 4722 6: 4771 7: 545 8: 545 9: 545
    10: 545 11: 545 12: 545 13: 545 14: 545 15: 545 16: 545 bogomips: 134396
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  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on;
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  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX] vendor: ASRock driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-3x process: TSMC n5 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:744c class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: AMD Raphael vendor: ASRock driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
    empty: DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, HDMI-A-2, Writeback-2 bus-ID: 4f:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 36.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0
    driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x571mm (40.00x22.48")
    s-diag: 1165mm (45.88")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: LG (GoldStar) TV SSCR2 serial: <filter> built: 2021
    res: 3840x2160 dpi: 61 gamma: 1.2 size: 1600x900mm (62.99x35.43") diag: 1836mm (72.3")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (gfx1100 LLVM 15.0.6
    DRM 3.57 6.10.11-2-liquorix-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: bus-ID: 3-8:4 chip-ID: 26ce:0a06 gen: 4
    class-ID: 0300 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 4f:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio driver: N/A alternate: snd_hda_intel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 4f:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  Device-4: Generic USB Audio type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  API: ALSA v: k6.10.11-2-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz vendor: Rivet Networks driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    modules: wl pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 49:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek Killer E3000 2.5GbE vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: a000 bus-ID: 4a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:3000 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: usb0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-7:3 chip-ID: 8087:0032
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
  Device-2: Google Nexus/Pixel Device (tether+ debug) type: USB driver: rndis_host v: kernel
    bus-ID: 6-1.4:3 chip-ID: 18d1:4ee4 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 106.66 GiB (5.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Lexar model: SSD NM790 2TB size: 1.86 TiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 11296
    temp: 45.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 942.4 GiB size: 926.54 GiB (98.32%) used: 106.12 GiB (11.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1.94 GiB size: 1.94 GiB (99.80%) used: 552.9 MiB (27.9%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 9.52 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7
    maj-min: 259:7
  ID-2: swap-2 type: file size: 6 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -3 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.8 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
  GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 37.0 C device: amdgpu temp: 35.0 C mem: 40.0 C fan: 0 watts: 19.00
Repos:
  Packages: 2767 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2758 libs: 1480 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 9
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
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    3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/testrepo/ bookworm test
    3: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 458 Uptime: 10m wakeups: 5 Memory: 30.44 GiB used: 2.3 GiB (7.5%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

Apparently we need to edit the configuration file /etc/bluetooth/main.conf and change the line

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# Experimental = false

to

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Experimental = true

save the file.

I'm running systemd with MX KDE, so I restarted bluetooth with

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systemctl restart bluetooth

(try rebooting if this does not work), reconnected my device, and now its charge level shows in the little Bluetooth taskbar widget when I hover over it.

Let me know if this works on XFCE! You can see it also in the terminal now with the command:

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bluetoothctl info

Mine has the battery % on the last line:

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Device 41:42:05:8A:82:B3 (public)
        Name: F6
        Alias: F6
        Class: 0x00240404
        Icon: audio-headset
        Paired: yes
        Bonded: yes
        Trusted: yes
        Blocked: no
        Connected: yes
        LegacyPairing: no
        UUID: Serial Port               (00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: Audio Sink                (0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: A/V Remote Control Target (0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: Advanced Audio Distribu.. (0000110d-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: A/V Remote Control        (0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        UUID: Handsfree                 (0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb)
        Battery Percentage: 0x28 (40)

So Conky should be able to use that value with the right magic code to scrape the value.
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[dolphin_oracle]

how does this language look for a mx-tweak option to enable battery info being exposed for bluetooth devices? @Stevo and others...




note, I am recommending a system restart as I've found that just restarting bluetooth daemon really plays havoc with KDE's bluetooth management, especially if a bluetooth device is actually connected.

[Jerry3904]

Text makes sense to me

[Eadwine Rose]

Clear as water to me.

[Stevo]

It also seems fine to me.

[dolphin_oracle]

those comments are good enough for me. sending strings to transifex.

[LinuxSpring1]

how does this language look for a mx-tweak option to enable battery info being exposed for bluetooth devices? @Stevo and others...




note, I am recommending a system restart as I've found that just restarting bluetooth daemon really plays havoc with KDE's bluetooth management, especially if a bluetooth device is actually connected.

Language looks fine to me.

But will this work only with XFCe? And not with KDE?

[Stevo]

It's been working well for me in the KDE taskbar widget, both in the cursor hover popup, and when it's clicked.