Comment 24 for bug 120258

For me, the problem resolved when I backed up my home directories and
re-installed Ubuntu with the latest ISO. The problem started with the
update to Hardy Heron. It was never resolved with any subsequent
patches. But it seemed to have been resolved since it works with a
fresh install. It is kind of weird because it reminds me more of a
Windows kind of problem/solution and not something typical of what
Ubuntu has become.

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:52 AM, kforum <email address hidden> wrote:
> i just wanted to say that on kubuntu 8.10 beta the kpowermanager works quite ok, and most of the times knows exactly how much is left.
> so maybe this is gnome specific issue. ;)
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> Laptop Battery Time Remaining Outrageously Inaccurate
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120258
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> Status in "gnome-power-manager" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
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> Bug description:
> Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn
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> Hardware is HP Pavilion DV1000 series (specific DV1588EA)
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> Battery monitor when running on battery reports percentage of battery remaining correctly, but the corresponding remaining time is often fabulously wrong (and can swing between e.g a few minutes to tens of hours in the blink of an eye). /* What I wouldn't give for batteries that can last 14 hours between charges... */
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> It looks for all the world like the underlying values are being held in storage classes which are too small or where value-wrapping is not being handled quite right...
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> BTW UBUNTU is fantastic; I'm a convert! Keep up the good work!
>

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