On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 06:34, Robert Brimhall wrote: > Is there anyway to keep the battstat applet from polling battery info > every second? Seems like every 30 seconds or so would do it and would > greatly increase battery life IMO. It's also using 5-11% of the cpu each > time it checks. There are some patches that have been submitted upstream (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104292), and if you search the archives of fedora-test-list you'll find some discussion: -----Forwarded Message----- > From: Shawn Houston <mhouston@xxxxxxx> > To: fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: battery app using much cpu > Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 21:04:43 -0800 > > Downloaded and installed. This package definately uses less cpu, but I > am getting periodic mouse (touchpad) freezes when using it. I am using > the following script until a working battery applet is found: > > #!/bin/sh > > CAPACITY=`grep 'design capacity:' /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info|awk '{ > print $3 }'` > STATE=`grep 'remaining capacity:' /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state|awk '{ > print $3 }'` > AC_ADAPTER=`awk '{ print $2 }' /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC/state` > > CHARGE=$(( ( $STATE * 100 ) / $CAPACITY )) > if [ $AC_ADAPTER = "on-line" ]; then > echo "Plugged in" > echo "Current charge: $CHARGE %" > else > RATE=`grep 'present rate:' /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state|awk '{ > print $3 }'` > echo "Running on battery" > TIME_LEFT_H=$(( $STATE / $RATE )) > if [ $STATE -gt $RATE ]; then > TIME_LEFT_M=$(( ( ( $STATE - $RATE ) * 100 ) / $RATE )) > else > TIME_LEFT_M=$(( ( $STATE * 100 ) / $RATE )) > fi > TIME_LEFT_M=$(( ( $TIME_LEFT_M * 60 ) / 100 )) > echo "Battery charge remaining: $CHARGE %" > echo "Time left to run: $TIME_LEFT_H hours $TIME_LEFT_M minutes" > fi > > Some of the lines got wrapped by evolution, and the time left to run > output is a work of fiction...probably needs an 80% multipier. > > -Shawn > > On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 09:15, Joel Young wrote: > > Patched gnome-applets at: > > > > http://www.translingual.com:8080/~jdy/RPMS/ > > > > patched according to: > > > > http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dmoore/battstat/ > > > > bugzilla entry: > > > > http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104292 > > > > Joel > > > > > > -- > > fedora-test-list mailing list > > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
