Comment 41 for bug 270123

I'm not sure if this is the same bug or a different one. All I know is that it makes my laptop unusable as a laptop since I never know when the battery is about to quit...

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Release: 10.04

acpi -b -a
Battery 0: Charging, 0%, charging at zero rate - will never fully charge.
Adapter 0: on-line

hal-find-by-capability --capability "battery" | xargs -n 1 hal-device
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0'
  linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int)
  linux.subsystem = 'power_supply' (string)
  info.subsystem = 'power_supply' (string)
  info.product = '' (string)
  battery.type = 'primary' (string)
  battery.reporting.technology = 'Unknown' (string)
  battery.technology = 'unknown' (string)
  battery.model = '' (string)
  battery.vendor = '' (string)
  battery.voltage.design = 0 (0x0) (int)
  battery.voltage.unit = 'mV' (string)
  battery.reporting.design = 0 (0x0) (int)
  battery.reporting.unit = 'mWh' (string)
  battery.serial = '' (string)
  battery.present = true (bool)
  battery.voltage.current = 0 (0x0) (int)
  battery.reporting.rate = 0 (0x0) (int)
  battery.is_rechargeable = true (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_charging = true (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_discharging = false (bool)
  battery.reporting.current = 0 (0x0) (int)
  battery.reporting.last_full = 0 (0x0) (int)
  battery.charge_level.current = 0 (0x0) (int)
  battery.charge_level.last_full = 0 (0x0) (int)
  battery.charge_level.design = 0 (0x0) (int)
  battery.charge_level.rate = 0 (0x0) (int)
  battery.charge_level.percentage = 0 (0x0) (int)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0' (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0A:00/power_supply/BAT0' (string)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer' (string)
  info.category = 'battery' (string)
  info.capabilities = { 'battery' } (string list)