Although ancient, the gkrellm is still present in Gutsy. With acpi off, it can get battery status correctly (I expect it doens't use HAL). So that's a work around.
-- A/C Status, CPU Temp, and Battery no longer recognized as present after upgrade to Gutsy in Dell Latitude L400 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/127773 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs