Mailing List Archive: Gnome Battery Monitor

Gnome Battery Monitor

Sep 21, 2004, 4:58 PM

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This is probably a common problem, but find nothing of it in the FAQ
I have a laptop, and i have APM support enabled in the kernel
the Gnome battery applet is installed, but doesnt fill up / empty
what is odd is it can tell when its connected to AC power and when its not

I heard i had to power up the laptop and let the battery drain totally
and then re charge for it to work out the scale, but no joy with that
option either

any hints?

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Ryan "Phoenix" Coates
ryan.coates@gmail.com

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Re: Gnome Battery Monitor [ In reply to ]

caneko at gmail

Sep 21, 2004, 5:06 PM

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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:58:47 +0100, Ryan Coates <ryan.coates@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is probably a common problem, but find nothing of it in the FAQ
> I have a laptop, and i have APM support enabled in the kernel
> the Gnome battery applet is installed, but doesnt fill up / empty
> what is odd is it can tell when its connected to AC power and when its not
>
> I heard i had to power up the laptop and let the battery drain totally
> and then re charge for it to work out the scale, but no joy with that
> option either
>
> any hints?

Try ACPI instead of APM.

Good luck.
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Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM

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Re: Gnome Battery Monitor [ In reply to ]

kurtg at serent

Sep 21, 2004, 7:15 PM

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Your BIOS may have a battery monitor. Does that work right?

Does it just stay at 0%? If so, you probably don't have APM or APCI
installed right. I've found http://www.linux-laptop.net/ to be a
great resource and it has a few gentoo installations as well.

--Kurt

Ryan Coates wrote:

>This is probably a common problem, but find nothing of it in the FAQ
>I have a laptop, and i have APM support enabled in the kernel
>the Gnome battery applet is installed, but doesnt fill up / empty
>what is odd is it can tell when its connected to AC power and when its not
>
>I heard i had to power up the laptop and let the battery drain totally
>and then re charge for it to work out the scale, but no joy with that
>option either
>
>any hints?
>
>
>

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