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Hello
OK I tried something hardware related
I was considering a new install of Ubuntu, using the 64-bit edition, so booted off the live CD and noticed the same red outline of the battery indicator as on the hard drive install...
...sooo I turned off the laptop and pulled the battery out, then shoved it back in and restarted.
The power indicator now seems to behave normally ! The time to charged is now slowly getting less and the details are now showing correctly - I will monitor the situation for the next few days, but thus far the issue seems to have been solved, tho I don't know if the issue was caused by a simple bad connection with the battery / motherboard interface or if there is some other "switch" which has been reset ?
The laptop is just over a year old - the battery seems to still be a tight fit into it's compartment and there was definite solid click when I re-inserted it.
Is it is possible that a kernel update somehow flicked a "switch" to cause the issue ?