On Wednesday 15 January 2003 03:19 pm, Simon Ree wrote: > PAOLACCI Sebastien ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Le Mercredi 15 Janvier 2003 21:04, Jeremy a �crit : > > > On Wednesday 15 January 2003 01:40 pm, PAOLACCI Sebastien wrote: > > > > Le Mercredi 15 Janvier 2003 19:23, Sascha Noyes a �crit : > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 15 January 2003 12:46 pm, Jeremy wrote: > > > > > > The battery monitor on the tast bar shows a grer / black battery > > > > > > with a red X over it. And when i click on setup it says > > > > > > > > > > > > "Your computer seems to have a parital ACPI installation probably > > > > > > ACPI was enabled, but some of the sub-options were not enabled - > > > > > > you need to enable at least 'AC Adaptor' and 'Control Method > > > > > > Battery' and rebuild your kernel > > > > > > > > > > IIRC you need to install acpid in order to get full functionality > > > > > (for battery monitoring, AC adaptor on/off, etc.) > > > > > > > > > > ?urpmi acpid? > > > > > > > > > > - -- > > > > > Please encrypt all correspondence. > > > > > PGP key available from: > > > > > http://individual.utoronto.ca/noyes/snoyes.asc > > > > > - -- > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > > > > > iD8DBQE+JadCgzJdfX+cTW8RAt58AJ9+7KIjIVzWAaS/CeryvwoMbHSUZgCeM/PL > > > > > k2ow+/5r68CD6D+s3TVuMdU= > > > > > =Ho3n > > > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > You also (in fact you just need) to have a "working acpi" compiled > > > > with your kernel to get battery monitor functionality. > > > > > > > > If it's the case and you still can't manage to make it work, ensure > > > > that you have relevant modules loaded: > > > > > > > > fan 1984 0 (unused) > > > > thermal 8096 0 (unused) > > > > processor 10136 0 [thermal] > > > > button 2732 0 (unused) > > > > battery 6752 0 (unused) > > > > ac 2208 0 (unused) > > > > > > > > All depends on your laptop manufacturer ... > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Sebastien > > > > > > Yea.. I got the modules loaded and acpid running.. and there is a > > > /proc/acpi but when i look at the various files in there.. their > > > contents don't look correct.. > > > > It probably means that you don't have a standard ACPI implementation > > (like me). In this case, you have to find the good dsdt table for your > > laptop (I made one which seems correct for Compaq Presario 2800, if > > someone need it), to put it in /usr/src/linux/drivers/acpi/dsdt.hex, to > > set in your kernel's config file CONFIG_ACPI_TWEAKED_DSDT=y, and to > > recompile... > > > > Have a nice night ;-) > > > > Sebastien. > > > > PS: My explanations may are a bit obscure, but in fact it's not really > > complicated.
> and what does akpi do ans say? I dont think the program will matter .. when I go into /proc/acpi and run cat on the info for one of the batteries i get present: yes design capacity: 0 mWh last full capacity: 0 mWh battery technology: non-rechargeable design voltage: 0 mV design capacity warning: 0 mWh design capacity low: 0 mWh capacity granularity 1: 0 mWh capacity granularity 2: 0 mWh model number: serial number: battery type: OEM info: and the other files in there either show nothing.. or bogus data
