It looks like bug #194719 could have the same cause as yours. Do the symptoms described there also apply to your laptop?
-- [hardy] Gnome battery absurd time remaining https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196501 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
