Indicator in notification area appears and then disappears

[Jonathan]

Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

[What you expected to happen]
The power indicator in the notification area that shows if the netbook's battery level should always show with the current setting

[What happened instead]
The icon that indicates battery level would appear for a few moments and then disappear.
This happens with and without the netbook being plugged in for charging.

[lsb_release -rd]
Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04

[apt-cache policy gnome-power-manager]
gnome-power-manager:
  Installed: 2.29.91-0ubuntu6
  Candidate: 2.29.91-0ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 2.29.91-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 39fe501a46cfdbb60f5a0ec8c33ff67a
CheckboxSystem: 775fcefe2ffae0651480113c04106442
Date: Mon Mar 22 21:33:00 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
GnomeSessionInhibitors: 1: AppId = Nautilus, Flags = 5, Reason = Copying Files
GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: Yes
MachineType: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-N033
Package: gnome-power-manager 2.29.91-0ubuntu6
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic root=UUID=38c32b40-1962-4ac2-a70c-35b307231d3e ro splash pci=routeirq
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 01/11/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 4.6.3
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: U-123
dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
dmi.board.version: Ver.001
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
dmi.chassis.version: Ver.001
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4.6.3:bd01/11/2010:svnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:pnMS-N033:pvrVer.001:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rnU-123:rvrVer.001:cvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:ct10:cvrVer.001:
dmi.product.name: MS-N033
dmi.product.version: Ver.001
dmi.sys.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD

[Phil Wieland (launchpad-philwieland)]

I find the icon appears and disappears at random intervals.

I have selected Always display an icon in the Power Management Preferences.

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has already been reported, but please feel free to report any other bugs you find.