I can confirm this on a pretty fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10 running on a Dell Inspiron 9400. The applet says that my battery has 358955 hours remaining (37.2%). See attached screenshot.
What's the best way to debug this, so I can help? ** Attachment added: "Screenshot of problem" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20201563/Battery.jpg -- Laptop Battery Time Remaining Outrageously Inaccurate https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120258 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