I have the same problem. Toshiba Satellite L655-S5158. No battery status. It hibernates tough. But when I try to wake it up, it reboots and loses the saved state.
root@toshiba-ubuntu:~# acpi -V Adapter 0: on-line Cooling 0: LCD 3 of 7 Cooling 1: Processor 0 of 10 Cooling 2: Processor 0 of 10 Cooling 3: Processor 0 of 10 Cooling 4: Processor 0 of 10 root@toshiba-ubuntu:~# root@toshiba-ubuntu:~# dmesg|grep batt [ 0.871238] ACPI: Deprecated procfs I/F for battery is loaded, please retry with CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER cleared [ 0.871274] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery absent) root@toshiba-ubuntu:~# uname -a Linux toshiba-ubuntu 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/703302 Title: Toshiba Laptop battery not being detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/703302/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs