"On Battery Power" settings unavailable

[Ryan Fox]

Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

The "On Battery Power" settings tab is never shown in the Power Management tool, regardless of whether or not it's on AC or battery power. The computer can correctly tell when it's been unplugged (and gives an estimate of battery life), so it's not an issue of not seeing the battery.

This is in Karmic, on an Acer Aspire 6930.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 31 15:46:53 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-power-preferences
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Package: gnome-power-manager 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[timb_nz (timbnz)]

Has anyone checked the 32bit version of the software on this laptop type to make sure that it's the amd64 apport that's the problem, and not something weird with the laptop?
I only ask because of this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/500238

[Ryan Fox (foxryan)]

I'll try testing with the 32- and 64-bit live CDs during the week.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. A new version of GNOME Power Manager is available on Maverick and we are wondering if this bug is still an issue for you with that version? Could you please test and comment back? Thanks in advance.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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