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Date:      Tue, 8 Jul 2003 10:31:41 +0200
From:      Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>
To:        "Markus D." <sm4tnp8@gmx.net>
Cc:        mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Monitoring battery status in X via acpi
Message-ID:  <20030708083141.GE670@laptop.6bone.nl>
In-Reply-To: <21034.1057092434@www51.gmx.net>
References:  <20030701193055.GM9463@spc.org> <21034.1057092434@www51.gmx.net>

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On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 10:47:14PM +0200, Markus D. wrote:
> Hm, there really is a /dev/apm, and it IS displaying correct values
> (ac-line, battery percentage etc.). Perhaps some sort of "compatibilty mode" ;-) 

Well, indeed, the /dev/apm while using acpi is just an emulation layer
around acpi so that old programs still work.

> Gnome battstat just complains about disabled apm, but displays correct
> values nevertheless.

Does this get rid of the complaints?
# apm -e enable

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Mark Santcroos                    RIPE Network Coordination Centre
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