Battery Indicator Disappearing, No Time Estimate

[silverhammermba]

Sometimes my battery life indicator (part of Indicator Applet) disappears. It's hard to say under what circumstances it does so because the panel autohides so I only notice it's gone later on. I think it might be related to suspending my computer, but maybe not. It can be a bit unnerving not knowing how much battery life I have left.

Also, when the indicator is there, it only tells me a percentage remaining and not a time estimate. Is there some way that this could have been disabled?

[isantop]

By default, Ubuntu will only show an Icon for the battery when the battery isn't full. I also prefer to have it available all the time, so I change it too. You can access the setting by going to System > Preferences > Power Management. There, you can go to the General tab and select how verbose you want the indicator to be. I personally like "Only display an Icon when a battery is present".