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Ugh.  I downloaded and tested the ISOs for Maverick and Lucid (10.04.4
version) and was met with the same results I had with Natty (also had to
use nomodeset to boot).  Neither recognized the battery (including a
boot to Lucid on battery only).  I know for certain when I had Lucid,
the battery was recognized and charge status was reported. Note: battery
was recognized on the Oneiric ISO but failed to update status (like
Precise).

There is no acpi on any of the ISOs (maybe affected battery
recognition?) and I know I've always had to make sure the nvidia drivers
are current on any distro (otherwise get xorg errors on boot) and
probably why I have to use the nomodeset option on the ISO boot.
However, I doubt the nvidia card/driver would affect the battery
recognition on the boots.

Maybe it is some hardware issue with the battery but when I use the boot to Win7 (32 bit), Windows does report and update the battery's charge status. While trying to search for some more answers, I came across this: 
http://askubuntu.com/questions/35102/battery-not-recognized-on-my-laptop-and-it-recognizes-my-laptop-as-a-desktop 

The last comment notes: "If you run windows ever, Windows can change
your battery settings (somehow) and make it unreadable by some linux
distros."

As the machine is a dual Ubuntu/Win7 boot option, I wondered if Win7
screwed something up, so I booted to Win7 and put the power settings to
defaults.  It still didn't fix the problem.   I wonder if there is a
hardware issue that coincided with the update to Precise or if a Win7
update related to power management messed something up (also coinciding
with the upgrade to Precies).

Let me know what else I can troubleshoot to isolate the problem.
(Thanks so much for the help so far!)

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Title:
  No low battery notifications and no updated battery status (ACPI
  Errors

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  1. I do not get warnings when the battery is low (laptop promptly
  shuts down).

  2. Battery power level is not updated. using acpi the battery power
  shows the same level present when the laptop booted - it never updates
  (if booted at 98% it will show 98% until rebooted).

  3. Battery status (on power vs on battery) functions sporadically.
  Often after an update the status will work for several boots but then
  stops working (icon only shows status when booted - ie, if cord
  plugged in, the status will not change to "on battery" if unplugged;
  it still shows that the laptop is plugged in.

  4. In power settings, "Show battery status in the menu bar" is blank.
  I can select options from the dropdown menu but they are not retained
  (when I close and reopen the settings it is blank again).

  5. Went to gconf-editor apps > gnome-power-manager and noticed that
  there is no "notify" folder/keys.

  6. Noticed that there is no gnome-power-manager.desktop in
  /etc/xdg/autostart/ (wanted to add it to autostart to see if that
  would help).  I have tried using synaptic to reinstall gnome-power-
  manager but it didn't help.

  Currently, my status (icon changes to battery/plugged in) and acpi output is:
  Battery 0: Unknown, 98% (plugged in)
  Battery 0: Discharging, 72%, 00:59:42 remaining (on battery)

  I have also added my dmesg outputs for on battery and on power
  (attached).  The laptop is an MSI-171F.  I have tried blacklisting
  msi-wmi in modprobe.d/blacklist.conf (didn't help).  Also noticed that
  etc/acpi has sevearl asus*.sh files (touchpad, keyboard backlight) in
  the folder (could that be the problem)

  Note: I currently have Jupiter enabled but have disabled/uninstalled
  it

  before and it didn't seem to affect the behavior.
  --- 
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25.
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.3
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  goonies    2074 F.... pulseaudio
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfae78000 irq 22'
     Mixer name	: 'Nvidia MCP79/7A HDMI'
     Components	: 'HDA:10ec0888,146271f0,00100101 HDA:10573055,00305557,00100900 HDA:10de0007,10de0101,00100100'
     Controls      : 49
     Simple ctrls  : 25
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=09bc9ef7-ee94-4118-9e7a-62781fcbe7a5
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c018 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
   Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  MachineType: Micro-Star International MS-171F
  MarkForUpload: True
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-34-generic root=UUID=61f0eab4-62c9-43d9-a603-4f283d1717de ro quiet splash acpi_enforce_resources=lax vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-34.55~precise1-generic 3.5.7.13
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-34-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-34-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.79.4
  RfKill:
   0: phy0: Wireless LAN
   	Soft blocked: no
   	Hard blocked: no
  Tags:  precise
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-34-generic i686
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare
  dmi.bios.date: 12/05/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A171FIZT V1.05
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: MS-171F
  dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International
  dmi.board.version: Ver 1.000
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrA171FIZTV1.05:bd12/05/2008:svnMicro-StarInternational:pnMS-171F:pvrVer1.000:rvnMicro-StarInternational:rnMS-171F:rvrVer1.000:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct10:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: MS-171F
  dmi.product.version: Ver 1.000
  dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International

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