Re: [ACPI-sppt] ACPI Battery Problems

On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 08:52:41PM +0100, Ian Chilton wrote:
> I can't get it to show the battery status - all I get is this:

Me either. Sometimes that's just the way life is, I think. I wrote a
little perl script which I pasted to the list earlier today to deal with
it. Basically it looks in two files to get the numbers I need and then
does the math to figure out the battery life that's left.

cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info <--- maximum possible charge
cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state <--- remaining capacity

If you'd like a copy of the perl script, I've put it online:
http://xtrinsic.com/geek/code/battery.pl.txt

> Also, I have had a few times running on power or battey where I have
> been working away and the machine has either powered off or hard reset.

Or runs out of battery. ;) My alarm doesn't work either which means I have
had to guess at how much battery life I have left. The little perl script
helps but it definitely doesn't have any kind of alarm attached to it.

emma

-- 
Emma Jane Hogbin
[[ 416 417 2868 ][ www.xtrinsic.com ]]


-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including
Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now.
Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET.
http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01