Only report battery sensor errors once; closes #117

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - There were a number of minor issues with the config file that have been cleaned up.
 - Compile errors on FreeBSD due to golang.org/x/sys API breakages
 - Key bindings now work in FreeBSD (#95)
+- Only report battery sensor errors once (reduce noise in the log, #117)
 
 ## [3.5.3] - 2020-05-30
 

widgets/batterygauge.go

@@ -39,11 +39,16 @@ func (b *BatteryGauge) EnableMetric() {
 	})
 }
 
+// Only report battery errors once.
+var errLogged = false
+
 func (b *BatteryGauge) update() {
-	// FIXME: Getting a lot of these in the logs
 	bats, err := battery.GetAll()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("error setting up batteries: %v", err)
+		if !errLogged {
+			log.Printf("error setting up batteries: %v", err)
+			errLogged = true
+		}
 		return
 	}
 	mx := 0.0