The same thing happend to me. Battery icon disappeared. I had it earlier, but now it is gone and restart doesn't help. When running `sudo gnome-power-manager ` it works correctly. I attach requested log file.
** Attachment added: "gpm.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47959149/gpm.log -- gnome-power-manager doesn't show icon as non-root user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532005 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