In message <1069277483.5150.1.camel@littlePiet>, Peter Boy writes: >If I activate ACPI on my IBM Thinkpad T40p, the gnome battery applet >shows up with 0%. > >If I check /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state I get: > >present: yes >ERROR: Unable to read battery status > >Is this usual for the current status of acpi support or is there an Well, the battery status works on my HP/Compaq 25xx using ACPI. jeff