[ubuntu-uk] Netbook Battery Problem

[Bruno Girin]

On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 12:55 +0100, John Stevenson wrote:
> On 6 May 2010 12:13, Jon Farmer <viperdudeuk at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Hi
>         
>         Every time I disconnect the power the notification bubble
>         tells me I
>         have less than 2% of battery left and proceeds to hibernate
>         the machine.
>         This is even though the battery is fully charged and the
>         battery
>         indicator in the panel says 2 hours charge when you click on
>         it. Very
>         annoying, anyone know how to stop it happening?
>         
>         I am using 10.04 UNR booted into the default Gnome desktop
>         
>         Regards
>         
>         jon
> 
> You should be able to stop the laptop from hibernating by changing the
> power settings.  Easiest way is to select the properties menu item on
> the battery icon in the top pannel.
> 
> Change the settings so that the latop does not hibernate when the
> battery is at a critical level.
> 
> This does not fix the issue, so I suggest you check launchpad to see
> if this issue with your laptop has been reported, there may be a work
> around.  If not, perhaps you could submitt a bug on launchpad (you can
> use the same account as you use with ubuntu one).

Could it be related to bug #403303 [1]?

[1]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/devicekit-power/+bug/403303

Bruno