I've attached a patch that adds the battery percentage when it is useful. I've also built the package which is temporarily available in my PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~thjaeger/+archive/ppa/+packages ** Attachment added: "percentage.debdiff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42415319/percentage.debdiff -- [lucid] current battery charge not easily accessable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539912 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs