Robert Brimhall wrote:
Let's try to get the gnome battery applet to work.I was wondering if a talented RPM builder could build a power-applet rpm... from here:
http://www.nongnu.org/powerapplet/
I tried to compile from source but it cimplains about my intltool not being version new enough... I pointed configure directly at intltool and it still craps out... I'd really like to test this applet out since the standard GNOME battery applet doesn't play nice with the acpi-BIOS combo on my laptop. (even patched to prevent polling it fails to update the power connection status)... just wondering. Thanks.
Did you use acpi=on kernel boot argument?
Did you install the acpid package and set acpid service to start at boot?
After starting acpid do you have /proc/acpi/button/ directory?
If so then try this:
Edit /etc/modules.conf and add this line:
add above button battery ac thermal
Then just modprobe button to cause battery, ac, and thermal modules should load, providing the /proc/acpi/battery/* and /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/* that the gnome battery applet needs. With this configuration it should all happen on its own at next boot.
I found that having and thermal loaded pulled in processor module too, which between the two of them cut down on cpu temp and power consumption, thereby improving battery life, which is why I added those too.
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