Comment 31 for bug 531190

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-NR21S with the above problem.
the "gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/gnome-power-manager/general/use_time_for_policy false" seems to be a workaround, but using upower -d tells me the energy rate reading is wrong.
Running on A/C :
    state: charging
    energy: 50.23 Wh
    energy-empty: 0 Wh
    energy-full: 53.28 Wh
    energy-full-design: 53.28 Wh
    energy-rate: 782.82 W
    time to full: 14 seconds
    percentage: 94.2755%
    capacity: 100%
    technology: lithium-ion

I get a warning that there is only four minutes power when I unplug. The info corrects itself when on D/C
    state: discharging
    energy: 49.98 Wh
    energy-empty: 0 Wh
    energy-full: 53.28 Wh
    energy-full-design: 53.28 Wh
    energy-rate: 24.396 W
    time to empty: 2.0 hours
    percentage: 93.8063%
    capacity: 100%
    technology: lithium-ion

The error returns if plugged in again.