So... until the devicekit-power is rewritten to take care of the erroneous mAh reading there is a simple workaround provided by Ubuntu itself:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EeePC/Using#Customizing%20the%20tiny%20desktop Do not display the incorrect battery warning at login gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-power-manager/notify/low_capacity --type bool 0 -- power manager reports 1% battery even though it is full on Asus Eee PC netbook https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403303 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