I can confirm this on an Acer Aspire laptop. I will try your fox tomorrow. Marked as confirmed.
** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- HAL reports incorrect battery percentages https://launchpad.net/bugs/60989 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs