On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 19:26, law@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > 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 > > Also works for me om my Sager as well. Ted