I have a dirty fix which I use to get the battery indicator on the bar 1) Install package powertop 2) run powertop 3) the battery indicator magically appears
But this is so annoying. Why is the battery not recognized sometimes and other times found? I wish there was an option to say that the machine is a laptop and has a battery ALWAYS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/808407 Title: battery indicator missing Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: At least since alpha 1, the battery indicator has been missing. I of course, do have a working battery and can see its status in system settings -> power. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/808407/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
