I confirm, too. Battery state at 0%, charging / discharging works fine, though. Booting into OS X (I was prompted there to install several updates and did so) resolved the problem.
MacBook2,1 Ubuntu 8.04, uname -a: Linux macbook 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 21:01:46 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- macbook battery info not readable, appears empty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215074 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