Okay, this is a hal issue, thanks much to Richard Hughes. Can the Ubuntu HAL maintainer apply this patch?
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2006-October/006389.html ** Changed in: gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: gnome-power-manager => hal ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- gnome-power-manager does not update often enough, only updates every 25% of battery charge https://launchpad.net/bugs/66025 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
