Similar happens to me with a fresh install of Gutsy on a Dell Inspiron 9400 / E1705 with the latest BIOS. When battery is critically low, no message is displayed and continues until battery is fully discharged and computers powers off.
uname -a: Linux Vanquish 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ** Attachment added: "lspci -vvnn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10125724/lspci_vvnn -- [Gutsy] gnome-power-manager does not display notifications of any kind https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs