I just upgraded Kubuntu 14.04 -> 14.10 and my Apple Wireless keyboard and Mouse battery indicatores do show up again (command line and KDE widgets): $ upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_hid_90o84o0doffo70oc2_battery native-path: hid-90:84:0d:ff:70:c2-battery model: Apple Wireless Keyboard power supply: no updated: Sa 01 Nov 2014 20:25:15 CET (8 seconds ago) has history: yes has statistics: yes battery present: yes rechargeable: yes state: discharging energy: 0 Wh energy-empty: 0 Wh energy-full: 0 Wh energy-full-design: 0 Wh energy-rate: 0 W percentage: 71% capacity: 100% $ upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_hid_7co6do62of1oefob1_battery native-path: hid-7c:6d:62:f1:ef:b1-battery model: tobias’s mouse power supply: no updated: Sa 01 Nov 2014 20:25:15 CET (23 seconds ago) has history: yes has statistics: yes battery present: yes rechargeable: yes state: discharging energy: 0 Wh energy-empty: 0 Wh energy-full: 0 Wh energy-full-design: 0 Wh energy-rate: 0 W percentage: 78% capacity: 100% $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.10 Release: 14.10 Codename: utopic $ uname -a Linux thinktank 3.16.0-24-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 28 13:07:32 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Maybe some others can confirm my observation. Howevver I'm not sure whether it has been a regression in the kernel or an API change which breaks the user-space applications reading those values. As fas as I remember I have been booting into 3.16 und 3.17 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ from 14.04 LTS and the issue persisted (read: no battery indicator). This makes me think the reason might be in some ubuntu maintained user-space interface or other kernel module. BEFORE upgrading to 14.10 make sure to backup your data / installation! On Kubuntu I hit into this issue - which completely breaks your system if you can't help yourself: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1388071