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Battery indicator(Battery not Present)

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http://askubuntu.com – I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as dual boot in my ACER ASPIRE 5745G laptop which has a WIN 7 Home Prem preinstalled in C: I have installed it from Windows 7 by using a Windows installer from the official Ubuntu download site. My Ubuntu has been installed in a separate partition of D: When I am using Ubuntu in battery, then though battery indicator is being shown at right top panel, but it's showing Battery not present. So I can't understand how much battery power is still there when using the battery, though when the power cord is on the battery is getting silently charged. Some more inform (HowTos)

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Submitted by funckax on 09/06/2012

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My laptop is Thinkpad E420 with Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit installed, the kernel version is 3.2.0-33-generic. I have set the battery threshold as 60% via windows7.

The problem is that in all versions of Ubuntu i have used (11.04-12.04, i currently use 12.04 LTS) i have had a constant dilemma with my battery indicator. First off, when i start up ubuntu the indicator isn't present at the Greeter.

I recently upgraded from 10.04 to 12.04 Precise (first point release) on my laptop (an MSI machine). I've resolved several minor issues but can't figure one out and have searched hear and on google to no avail (hope I didn't miss a post somewhere).

Here is the problem I am facing:

The battery status icon in the panel: 1.

I'm using Ubuntu Precise with Gnome Shell on a Dell Latitude E6520 and I'm missing the battery status icon. When I run gnome-power-statistics then the battery info is displayed correctly so I'm sure Linux and Gnome can see the battery (So there is no ACPI problem).

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My laptop LG E500 L.AP55P, going on ~5 years now, and is doing remarkably fine, apart from the battery stuff.

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