Comment 3 for bug 828273

Same problem on a DELL E6410 both on 11.04 and 11.10 with gnome-shell, except that unplug / plug power cable as no effect.

 upower -d
Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/line_power_AC
  native-path: /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/ACPI0003:00/power_supply/AC
  power supply: yes
  updated: Mon Oct 17 23:31:22 2011 (109 seconds ago)
  has history: no
  has statistics: no
  line-power
    online: yes

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
  native-path: /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0A:00/power_supply/BAT0
  vendor: Sanyo
  model: DELL RG04909
  serial: 2276
  power supply: yes
  updated: Mon Oct 17 23:31:28 2011 (103 seconds ago)
  has history: yes
  has statistics: yes
  battery
    present: yes
    rechargeable: yes
    state: fully-charged
    energy: 62.16 Wh
    energy-empty: 0 Wh
    energy-full: 62.16 Wh
    energy-full-design: 62.16 Wh
    energy-rate: 0.0111 W
    voltage: 12.635 V
    percentage: 100%
    capacity: 90%
    technology: lithium-ion
  History (charge):
    1318887084 100.000 fully-charged
    1318887082 86.054 charging
  History (rate):
    1318887084 0.011 fully-charged
    1318887082 0.000 charging

Device: /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT1
  native-path: /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0A:01/power_supply/BAT1
  power supply: no
  updated: Mon Oct 17 23:32:58 2011 (13 seconds ago)
  has history: no
  has statistics: no
  battery
    present: no
    rechargeable: no
    state: unknown
    energy: 0 Wh
    energy-empty: 0 Wh
    energy-full: 0 Wh
    energy-full-design: 0 Wh
    energy-rate: 0 W
    percentage: 0%

Daemon:
  daemon-version: 0.9.13
  can-suspend: yes
  can-hibernate yes
  on-battery: no
  on-low-battery: no
  lid-is-closed: no
  lid-is-present: yes
  is-docked: no