i have the same problem on a hp pavillion dv7 2070 eg. The battery status can be displayed with (for instance) docky.
it worked in lucid.... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663105 Title: maverick: gnome-power-manager does not display battery percentage on left icon click, even when told so by gconf-editor - instead wants to calculate time even if not possible -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs