Install Battery status: type in terminal: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:iaz/battery-status && sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install battery-status
once installed click on Alt+F2 and type: /usr/lib/battery-status/battery-status --indicator -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a subscriber of a duplicate bug (38795). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/629258 Title: Battery life estimation never comes around -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs