Comment 20 for bug 23048

My laptop starts OK without having to add 'acpi=off' or 'noapci' parameters in
/etc/grub/menu.lst.

However, I think the ACPI modules load OK - see the outbut of dmesg in the
attached file dmesg.txt.

When I run the power management application, or add the Battery Charge Monitor
to a panel in Gnome, I get no battery present and 0% charge, regardless of
whether the battery is running on mains power or battery.

Therefore I cannot see how much battery is remaining (if I use the laptop on
battery only, it suddenly shuts down without warning when the battery runs out).

The hibernate and suspend features are also not enabled.

Hope this helps.