Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 22:47:14 +0200 (MEST) From: Markus D. <sm4tnp8@gmx.net> To: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Monitoring battery status in X via acpi Message-ID: <21034.1057092434@www51.gmx.net> References: <20030701193055.GM9463@spc.org>
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> On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 07:46:37AM +0200, Markus D. wrote: > > Hello > > > > After upgrading to 5.1 the gnome battstat applet complains about not > enabled > > APM. Obviously it does not support ACPI. Does anyone know a battery > monitor > > for use within Gnome or X that does support ACPI in 5.x? > > Funny. I'm running 5.1 and wmapm, which hasn't been rewritten for acpi, > works just fine. > > The acpi code would appear to emulate a /dev/apm device. > > BMS > Hm, there really is a /dev/apm, and it IS displaying correct values (ac-line, battery percentage etc.). Perhaps some sort of "compatibilty mode" ;-) Gnome battstat just complains about disabled apm, but displays correct values nevertheless. Thanks Markus
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