Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:59:33 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: stacey@vickiandstacey.com Subject: Re: battstat-applet-2.0.4 vs Gnome-2 Message-ID: <20030421165933.16AF95D08@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> of "21 Apr 2003 12:53:08 EDT." <1050943988.393.26.camel@gyros>
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> From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> > Date: 21 Apr 2003 12:53:08 -0400 > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > > > --=-9VyLigWlvPB29o0v1ss1 > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 12:50, Stacey Roberts wrote: > > Hello, > >=20 > > On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 17:41, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 12:39, Stacey Roberts wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > >=20 > > > >=20 > >=20 > > <snipped> > >=20 > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > The reason for my not being sure about this, is the fact that in = > the > > > > > > Makefile there reads: > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > USE_GNOME=3D gnomehack gnomeprefix libpanel > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > As against what I recall reading in FreeBSD-Gnome advisories abou= > t that > > > > > > line reading "USE_GNOMENG", or something like that - as an indica= > tion as > > > > > > to the port's Gnome-2 status.., > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > Has this flag-setting changed, then? > > > > >=20 > > > > > This port will not work in GNOME 2. Anders is correct, in that the= > new > > > > > battery applet in gnomeapplets2 should be comparable. > > > >=20 > > > > Is this: > > > >=20 > > > > Applications > System Tools > System Monitor > > > >=20 > > > > that you're referring to? > > >=20 > > > No. Add to Panel > Utility > Battery Charge Monitor > >=20 > > Thanks for that, Joe. I got this error box: > >=20 > > Can't open the APM device > >=20 > > Make sure you have read permission to the APM device. > >=20 > > Can only root do this, or something? Sorry for the trivial questions.., > > this is the first *nix-laptop for me..,=20 > > Do you have apm in the kernel, and apmd and apm enabled in rc.conf? If > so, just chmod the /devl/apm* devices so you can access them. See 'man fbtab'. I have: /dev/ttyv0 0666 /dev/console /dev/ttyv0 0666 /dev/pcaudio:/dev/pcaudioctl /dev/ttyv0 0666 /dev/acd0c:/dev/cuaa0 but this is a single user system. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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