Comment 3 for bug 68064

I too have this problem

I am cross checking using apci -V

and i get the same results every time, AC adapter plugged or unplugged,

It seems to report correctly upon boot but never updates.

I am puzzled as I swear this was working, but have done updates since.

uname -a
Linux icedearth 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Tue Dec 5 22:28:26 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

acpi -v
acpi 0.09

AC Adapter in:

acpi -V
     Battery 1: charged, 100%
     Thermal 1: active[3], 42.0 degrees C
     Thermal 2: ok, 41.0 degrees C
     Thermal 3: ok, 27.0 degrees C
  AC Adapter 1: on-line

AC adapter removed:

acpi -V
     Battery 1: charged, 100%
     Thermal 1: active[3], 41.0 degrees C
     Thermal 2: ok, 41.0 degrees C
     Thermal 3: ok, 26.0 degrees C
  AC Adapter 1: on-line

How annoying, I have to keep my eyes open for the flashing orange light now to ensure I dont run out of battery as I did one afternoon in the library and lost a good hours worth of work :(