Another workaround: 1) Close lid, let laptop go to sleep. 2) Unplug laptop. 3) Open lid, wakeup. 4) Use your laptop. 5) When done, close lid, let it go to sleep. 6) Plug in.
Works on my Dell Mini9... How do we raise the severity to 'Critical'? This is a showstopper for effected laptop users... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/860427 Title: Oneiric displays 'Laptop battery critically low' message after AC is unplugged when 'charged' shown on battery indicator Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I'm using Oneiric 64 bit on a HP Compaq CQ40. After the indicator displays 'charged' and the power source is unplugged, a pop-up shows 'Laptop battery critically low'. After clicking the Cancel button, the computer enters hibernation shortly. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-power-manager 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Sep 27 18:15:50 2011 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: No InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Compaq Presario CQ40 Notebook PC ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=d275a8c4-581f-43be-af49-5b0a4dfba5e1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-13 (13 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 11/29/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde dmi.bios.version: F.67 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 3607 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 99.C4 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.67:bd11/29/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnCompaqPresarioCQ40NotebookPC:pvrF.67:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn3607:rvr99.C4:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Compaq Presario CQ40 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: F.67 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard gnome-power-bugreport: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/860427/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

