Dan Goodes <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 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. > > 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) > I have an IBM Thinkpad T30. I have your exact same situation. acpi=on, enable gnome's battstat applet, shows as 0%, plus it seems to be polling something, which causes a slight, but noticable, slowdown. Anyone know why this doesn't seem to work correctly with Thinkpads? anyway, I just returned to using apm mode. Works well enough since my RH9 usage. Dex
