Battery icon not showing in Ubuntu Unity 14.04?

Question

After I did the latest update to Ubuntu Unity 14.04, the battery status icon is suddenly not showing up anymore on the Panel. I checked the settings, it should show, but it doesn't; what can I do?

Please, explain in simple words, I come from Windows and have very little Linux experience.

Solution 1

In my case it was the Power manager System Manager > Power Manager > General > System Tray Icon - Always Show Icon

Solution 2

The following command worked for me:

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-power/indicator-power-service &disown

Comments

[Admin]

Open terminal Ctrl+Alt+t, run ps ax | grep indicator-power then add its outputs to the question (BTW, there small "edit" button under the question)

[Admin]

I have the same problem. The result of execute the command: ps ax | grep indicator-power 1852 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-power/indicator-power-se‌​rvice 4047 pts/3 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto indicator-power

[Admin]

probably this will work: gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.power icon-policy 'present'. Same trick as here: askubuntu.com/a/477251/72216

[Admin]

There isn't battery status in menu bar for me in Ubuntu 16.04 too.

[ankit7540]

I have edited your post. It is suggested that you formatting and proper sentences to answer the questions. Welcome