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Toshiba L750-22Z. Battery icon missing. Ubuntu 12.04

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http://askubuntu.com – I bought a Toshiba L750-22Z running Ubuntu 12.04. Everything it's working fine except I can't see the icon of the battery and I never know how empty or full it is... The configuration obviously is correct ("Swow when battery present"). And I downloaded toshset but when I type 'sudo toshset' it says that the kernel is wrong... I tried to update it but it didn't work. Any magical solution? Thanks a lot. (HowTos)

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Submitted by funckax on 10/07/2012

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Hello,

I am currently looking to buy a Toshiba Satellite L750/0QM for $630 AUD. I am wondering how good does it support Ubuntu and what drivers what I need to install if any. Also is there any features that will not work with the Toshiba Satellite L750/0QM?

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).

i am searching for a new laptop. here are 2 laptops which i was recommend that fitted my needs

TOSHIBA Satellite L750-1L8 MSI CX640-457NL

my question is does any one know these laptops and will it work well...GREAT with Ubuntu

thanks in advanced

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