No battery present

[Charles Dahlin]

There is absolutly no battery present on my system.
Its started when i noticed there was no battery indicator. Then i tried running some system commands and they couldnt find any battery either.

$ upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/battery_BAT0
nothing

$ acpi -b
nothing

trying cat in /proc/acpi/battery
nothing

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic 3.8.0-19.30
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: charles 2048 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Sat May 11 18:11:12 2013
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e6e53928-9f5d-41c1-97ec-abf5b11a8b16
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-28 (12 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 5553G
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB:
 0 radeondrmfb
 1 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=ea88e58a-6514-44a0-a7c0-9ff5b627d848 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.106
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/27/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: V1.08
dmi.board.name: JV51_DN
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.08:bd04/27/2010:svnAcer:pnAspire5553G:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer:rnJV51_DN:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 5553G
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This change was made by a bot.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Did this issue start happening after an update/upgrade? Was there a kernel version where you were not having this particular problem? This will help determine if the problem you are seeing is the result of the introduction of a regression, and when this regression was introduced.

Also, can you see that a battery is present if you boot into the BIOS?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[CRAFT (craft37)]

Have same trouble in Ubuntu 13.10 , 14.04 and later alpha 14.10