On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 08:50 +0200, wwp wrote: > > Rough: cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state > > If nothing appears, your kernel (acpi part) might lack support for your > hardware. or on older laptops (like mine) - cat /proc/apm which produces: 1.16ac 1.2 0x03 0x01 0x00 0x01 97% -1 ? The 97% is the battery charge.