Rick Stevens <ricks <at> nerd.com> writes: > ... > As to a "wall"-type message, there is nothing I know of but you could > write a quick cron program that checks the various variables in > /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state and does a "wall" if any of them get low. > ... ... and combine it with a custom notification for your desktop :-) $ notify-send "Title" "Desktop notification message" $ notify-send --help $ rpm -qf /usr/bin/notify-send libnotify-0.5.1-1.fc14.i686 $ yum info libnotify ... Summary : Desktop notification library URL : http://www.galago-project.org/specs/notification/ License : LGPLv2+ Description : libnotify is a library for sending desktop notifications to a : notification daemon, as defined in the freedesktop.org Desktop : Notifications spec. These notifications can be used to inform the : user about an event or display some form of information without : getting in the user's way. JB -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines