Comment 8 for bug 116185

A have a similiar problem on a Asus A2H laptop running Gutsy but without the syslog messages and g-p-m lock ups.

stas@mobi:~$ uname -a
Linux mobi 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Laptop on DC:

stas@mobi:~$ acpi -V
     Battery 1: discharging, 99%, 68:57:00 remaining
     Thermal 1: ok, 53.0 degrees C
  AC Adapter 1: on-line

After 30 minutes or so:

stas@mobi:~$ acpi -V
     Battery 1: discharging, 99%, 207:42:00 remaining
     Thermal 1: ok, 53.0 degrees C
  AC Adapter 1: on-line

Some time later:
stas@mobi:~$ acpi -V
     Battery 1: discharging, 99%, 277:08:00 remaining
     Thermal 1: ok, 53.0 degrees C
  AC Adapter 1: on-line

The battery is charging, remaining time increases, but acpi thinks it's discharging.
g-p-m is reporting that the battery is discharging but reports that "the battery discharge time
is unkown" .
I can't find any errors in syslog or dmesg.