I chased this last night; it's a bug in hal. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13669#c7 implies it's moot, but this bug is evidence that it remains amiss.
** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: power-manager => hal Importance: Undecided => Low -- 01_proc_sys_batteries.patch causes a regression making gnome-power-manager not detecting the battery properly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194719 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs