Not the same as 384304 suggests it doesn't think it's on battery at all, where as on my netbook for example it will charge the battery up, and be happy at 100% but then:
At 100% charge, gnome-power-manager does not correctly update if AC power is disconnected to return to battery operation, and continues to show "Laptop battery is fully charged". -- gnome-power-manager does not reflect change from AC power and charged state to battery power and discharging state https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/475806 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs