Battery incorrectly reported as exhausted when full and laptop shutting down

[Jordi]

As soon as I unplug the laptop it closes down reported the battery as exhausted when it is fully charged. This started happening with the update to 11.10, under Natty it was working perfectly

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-power-manager 3.2.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 17 14:16:47 2011
GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No
GnomeSessionInhibitors: None
GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: No
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite A500
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=7839049a-292f-4393-9de0-b429814b36a4 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/16/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.bios.version: V1.20
dmi.board.name: KSKAA
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: 1.00
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: *
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrV1.20:bd06/16/2009:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteA500:pvrPSAM3E-02F00UCE:rvnTOSHIBA:rnKSKAA:rvr1.00:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Satellite A500
dmi.product.version: PSAM3E-02F00UCE
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
gnome-power-bugreport: Error: [Errno 2] No existe el archivo o el directorio

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.