This is the gpm.log. I started the computer without battery (everything fine, it is not shown in the panel's power manager icon. Then I plugged the battery and unplugged it (without detaching the power supply cable). Now the battery is shown as present in the icon but says:
Computer is running on AC power Laptop battery 10 minutes until charged (98%) gpm.log: Distro version: DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04.1" Kernel version: 2.6.24-21-generic g-p-m version: 2.22.1 HAL version: 0.5.11rc2 System manufacturer: missing System version: missing System product: missing AC adapter present: yes Battery present: no Laptop panel present: yes CPU scaling present: yes Battery Information: GNOME Power Manager Process Information: mariella 6617 0.0 1.0 29432 10672 ? Ss 14:13 0:00 gnome-power-manager 1000 9799 0.0 1.4 41032 14576 ? Ss 15:35 0:00 gnome-power-manager HAL Process Information: 111 5536 0.0 0.4 6224 4340 ? Ss 14:03 0:02 /usr/sbin/hald root 5540 0.0 0.1 3236 1060 ? S 14:03 0:00 \_ hald-runner root 5613 0.0 0.1 5052 2056 ? S 14:03 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-dell-backlight root 5614 0.0 0.1 3300 1056 ? S 14:03 0:00 \_ hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event7 /dev/input/event1 /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event5 /dev/input/event6 root 5623 0.0 0.1 3312 1160 ? S 14:03 0:00 \_ /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq 111 5624 0.0 0.0 2204 956 ? S 14:03 0:00 \_ hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket root 5645 0.0 0.1 3304 1040 ? S 14:03 0:01 \_ hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/scd0 (every 2 sec) -- Battery always shown as present https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228821 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