On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 11:03:34AM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 08:52:20 +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 09:35:32PM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 00:13:10 +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: > > > > http://sandcat.nl/~stijn/freebsd/dell.php > > > > > > It seems to work for me. The ACPI warnings about zero length buffers go > > > away at least. > > > > Great. Do you also have working battery status now? > > How do I figure that out? Via the ACPI sysctls, or some other method?
ACPI sysctls was the method that didn't work without the patch on my Inspiron.
> When I unplug the power:
>
> - hw.acpi.battery.state goes from 0 -> 1
> - hw.acpi.battery.time goes from 0 to 152
> - hw.acpi.battery.life starts to go down
That looks like correct behaviour. The battery time can't be determined when
on AC power.
> Is there some tool that'll show battery info?
I don't know of one that uses the ACPI sysctls, maybe someone else?
> Also, what units are the temperature in?
1/10 Kelvin I've been led to believe.
HTH,
--Stijn
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