Battery Monitor problem in Lucid

[Darcy Casselman]

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Mr. C <candive1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I ran Derik's Boot and Nuke "quick", then...
> I have a fresh install of Linux Mint 9 KDE and Lucid 10.04 (Netbook)
>
> I have noticed when I am using my MSI Wind U-100 NetBook if I unplug the
> brick after the battery is fully charged Lucid displays battery critical
> now shutting down and it hibernates as per my setting.
>
> Why is it reporting Battery Critically low in Lucid when it is fully
> charged?
> Bug??
>

Hi Chris,

It's a bug.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/558627
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upower/+bug/531190

I'm having similar problems with my System76 Darter 2 laptop.  I just
turned off the option to hibernate for now.

Darcy.