Same issue on a Macbook Pro 5,3. However, doing a cat of /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/* did not make the batter notification appear when booting and operating solely from the battery.
-- [lucid] battery status not detected/shown until /proc entry viewed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513716 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
