Hello Lovell, On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 02:02:20 -0400 Lovell Mcilwain <lovell.mcilwain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there a way I can type a command and see how much battery life I have? > > My battery meter shows 0% even though I can unplug it and have the battery > working with no problem. I just don't have a way to fix this problem so I > want to know how I can check the battery level when I unplug it. Rough: cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state If nothing appears, your kernel (acpi part) might lack support for your hardware. Some acpi tools may show battery info from command-line :-) (ask http://freshmeat/ for instance). Regards, -- wwp
