On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 [email protected] wrote: > In message <[email protected]>, 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. FWIW, it also works fine on my Compaq Presario 2100, out-of-the-box (almost, obviously had to add acpi=on to the kernel parameters) -Dan
