Comment 114 for bug 629258

I think one problem is that the kernel does not propagate the discharge information to the /sys architecture. If I look at /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
I can read
present: yes
capacity state: ok
charging state: charging
present rate: 26018 mW
remaining capacity: 3800 mWh
present voltage: 10637 mV

But the rate is nowhere to be found in /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/ and it would appear that the battery applet is looking there now.

This is a Thinkpad T41 I am using, by the way.