I think I made a mistake with a fresh install of latest releash of Kubuntu 13.10, 32-bit version, on Samsung NC10 atom powered netbook.
When I put the battery in and start up I get GUI issues and have no battery options for power management in System Settings Power Management.

So far I have no workaround. I simply have given up, ALT-TABBED to an open terminal session and shutdown that way.
Removing the battery and running on power adaptor power resolves GUI issues, but I need to be able to use it in battery mode.

Is there a way of getting the right software for System Settings Power Management or do I need to reinstall with the battery in place?

If there is a fix, what are names of the packages I should get?
I hope I can get them without the battery installed or do it through the terminal.

Earlier I posted the same question to the Kubuntu forum, but so far have no replies.

I filed Bug 327505 at https://bugs.kde.org at the suggestion of SteveRiley of Kubuntu forums. He said it would be under product solid, component powermanagement.

I hesitated before because in a way the issues seem to be a "feature" in that the installer is smart enough to tell there's no battery in place.
Unfortunately, it's not smart enough to know the Samsung NC10 is a netbook that is capable of battery operation.

That is the only reply I have received so far either here or at the Kubuntu forum.

I hope someone knows a fix.

I reinstalled from DVD with the netbook battery in place.
My battery setting options are now available in Power Management.

I got netbook GUI on bootup instead of my much preferred desktop GUI.
From System Settings I went to Workspace Behavior-->Workspace and switched to Desktop in Workspace Type.

But I did not get my window buttons right (minimize, maximize, close) in upper right corners of windows.
I went to Workspace Appearance and the configure buttons option. I tried a bunch of things without success until I chose the options I wanted, scrolled the window styles down to Oxygen style as on my Desktop, clicked on the preview and pressed Apply.

At Last my Kubuntu and KDE warm and fuzzies are coming back. I hope this helps anyone else who has this issue.

Based on your last post I have marked this topic as solved.

The likely reason for power management options not being available to you was a lack of UPower being operational on your system - which means information concerning batteries, as well as actions to initiate sleep and hiberation are not available. Reinstalling appears to have fixed this however.