The applet works. I'm also already loading all of those modules... It is just buggy. I applied the patch used in current GNOME CVS to keep the applet from polling acpi every second to cut down CPU usage which it does. Put the power status indicator now hangs occasionally on ac (even if it is unplugged) or on battery (if plugged in)... I worked with the author of the patch to see if there was anything to be done... he helped somewhat but there seems to be a lag in the applet, with the patch applied, just on my system... I was just looking for some alternatives. I guess I should have stated all of this previously. On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 15:13, Christopher K. Johnson wrote: > Robert Brimhall wrote: > > >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. > > > > > > > > > Let's try to get the gnome battery applet to work. > 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. -- Robert Brimhall <rbrimhal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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