how do I get the battey indicator to show up on the bar

Which desktop do you use?

I use the Gnome Classic desktop . . this is something that should have been continued, clean does what you want, and icons don't go wandering around LMAO . . also got a weird thing going on this time since upgrading bookmarks are not working as they should doesn't remember passwords . . Maybe re install Firefox will fix it !

Hi,

why you struggling with EOL versions of Ubuntu ?

My suggestion :

Install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04/

Thank you.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Natty is a dead release in literally a few days. I sugges a clean install with Precise (Ubuntu 12.10, if LTS support appeals to you) or if you want the latest features then install Quantal (Ubuntu 12.10).

Well I am guessing you do not use a PRINTER that is NOT in the NEW version CUPS 1.6 . . My HP M1522nf MFP is one of the many they left out ! . . CUPS version 1.6 jumps from HP 1300 to HP 2000 . .THAT MEANS several pages of HP Printers are MISSING and as such my printer and it WILL NOT work ! ! . . I put in a report about it as I went thru all 561 pages of the list looking for my Printer . . HPLIP if it does not see the printer it WILL NOT work, I am using 11.04 as it DOES NOT have CUPS 1.6 it has CUPS 1.4.6 and it has my printer and there fore Xsane works . .
And THAT is the reason I WILL NOT move to 12.xx . . So when they fix that error send a message
I am not buying a NEW PRINTER so as to be able to scan copy or print . .
Also I got a page at HP saying they no longer supported Ubuntu when trying to download the newest HPLIP
I don't know why but I added a link to the page in my report about the Printer problem about 4 days ago when I had 12.10 on this laptop . . and was fighting to get it to be seen in HPLIP the HPLIP DIAGNOSES said no such printer online or connected
So I spent about 1 day backing up all files and starting out at 10.10 got it running and printer worked plus Xsane worked up graded to 11.04 . . and all works . . . .

Well it will not get any support here or in IRC as it will be dead soon.Please don't do the caps crap, it doesn't achieve anything at all.

That is ok with me at least my Printer works now and the scanner works now . . I might upgrade to 11.10 but will do a lot of research before I do that . .
12.04 and 12.10 are not on the radar any more until they fix CUPS 1.6 and add the bunch of HP Printers between
HP 1300 and HP 2000 . . I spent lots of minutes going through CUPS 1.6 and the about 561 pages of Printers to find out there was a Major gap in the HP printers hahahaha and mine was one of the Missing . . When are they going to UPDATE CUPS ?
I still do not have the sound Icon in the tray as yet ! . . I will wander through the synpatic package manager and see what is there that may be not working and remove it and then re install it . .

Well I thought I did as it had a button to create a bug report and I clicked the spot .. Also added the link to the page which said after a gob of stuff HP no longer supports Ubuntu . . Which is why I said 12.xx is not something I want with the present CUPS 1.6
And any update I get now is gone through so as to keep CUPS 1.6 out of my 11.04 . . 11.10 I will do MAJOR reseach on before I allow it on my Laptop AGAIN . . As that was the beginning of the slide down hill ( I have had it on this laptop 4 times and 4 times something went wrong . . )
My laptop is not that old or that slow plus t has 4 gig of ram of which I use 256 for video in CMOS and 756 megs for windows to run in in virtual box and I use 120 megs video for Virtual Box windows crap like Corel Draw . .

Well after wandering the web I got it back up there again
So it is now cured, fixed, and solved !