On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 09:21:06AM +0800, Xi Shen wrote:
> i kanda thought about that for the usb stuff. but i have not resolve
> it. may be i also need the pmout package to allow me to mount the usb
> disk?
>
> the big problem now is the battery information. i really have no idea
> where to look for it. it is really dangerous to us a laptop without
> knowing when the battery will die.
I am rather curious what application you are using to get battery
information that requires it being root.
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state is 0444 on my netbook/laptop since
forever. I just use a bash function to parse it and display it on my
${PS1}.
W
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