-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Have you tried looking at http://www.linux-laptop.net/ ? It might give you some hints with the same (or similar) laptops.
To see if you have working acpi support check /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state They should tell you more-or-less the state your battery is in (charging or not, power etc). If these files exists then you have working acpi support, and the problem might be the gnome applets. What kernel are you using? Ralph John Dangler wrote: > I got acpid emerged, started, and added to run level, but when I go into > gnome and mouse over the battery (the default applet) it says: > System is running on battery power > 0 minutes (0%) remain > > the laptop is plugged into the AC. > > John D > > emerged with +acpi -apm ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDFUCpCt0ZF9kLPvYRAgjnAKCQ9GtiMRXuNmWL+C4zLJ+b/5pIDACeNwFP u3EQXYMdejdnAa6fJ3j2n4M= =aBtE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
