[bat_linux] Fallback to computing (dis)charge rate

Co-authored-by: Alexander Godlewski <[email protected]>

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Changes in 2.7.1
+----------------
+
+Fixed:
+
+- [bat_linux] Fallback to computing bat (dis)charge rate in some cases
+
 Changes in 2.7.0
 ----------------
 

widgets/bat_linux.lua

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 -- Copyright (C) 2017  David Udelson <[email protected]>
 -- Copyright (C) 2017  Roberto <[email protected]>
 -- Copyright (C) 2017  mutlusun <[email protected]>
+-- Copyright (C) 2024  arch-stack <[email protected]>
 --
 -- This file is part of Vicious.
 --
@@ -46,8 +47,13 @@ return helpers.setcall(function (format, warg)
 
     -- Get current power usage in watt
     local curpower = "N/A"
+
     if battery.power_now then
         curpower = string.format("%.2f", tonumber(battery.power_now) /1000000)
+    elseif battery.current_now and battery.voltage_now then
+        local current = tonumber(battery.current_now)
+        local voltage = tonumber(battery.voltage_now)
+        curpower = string.format("%.2f", current * voltage / 10^12)
     end
 
     -- Check if the battery is present