I see the same problem. When I power on the machine without ac adapter, the power manager thinks that there is AC adapter. If I connect and remove the AC adapter, the battery icon appears and the status is correct.
Machine Toshiba Satellite A215-S7416 uname -a Linux hari-laptop 2.6.32-10-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 7 17:38:40 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Release 10.04 (Lucid) Alpha2 followed by all available updates as of now. GNOME 2.29.24 Memory: 1.8GiB Processor 0: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-53 Processor 1: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-53 -- Gnome Power Manager does not detect battery https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428500 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
