A year later and it is still not fixed in Kubuntu 12.04.3 with the 3.2.0-52 kernel.
$ for d in /sys/class/power_supply/*; do echo $d; cat $d/uevent; done /sys/class/power_supply/AC0 POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=AC0 POWER_SUPPLY_ONLINE=1 /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0 POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=BAT0 POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Full POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion POWER_SUPPLY_CYCLE_COUNT=0 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN=10800000 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=12237000 POWER_SUPPLY_POWER_NOW=0 POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_FULL_DESIGN=48400000 POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_FULL=48400000 POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_NOW=48400000 POWER_SUPPLY_MODEL_NAME=AS10D41 POWER_SUPPLY_MANUFACTURER=OEM POWER_SUPPLY_SERIAL_NUMBER= -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998830 Title: power usage in watts not being displayed (battery discharge rate) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/powertop/+bug/998830/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs