Hi, Peter Hessler wrote:
It works, I was accustomed on other implementation that "remaining time" gives the charging time when on AC powerapm and "sysctl hw"apm(8) will only give you life estimate when it is on battery, and has had a chance to measure your actual power consumption. Give it 30 seconds or so.
I ask, because I am the author of BatMon, the GNUstep battery monitor. Thus after getting my own laptop to a more usable state, I will update my tool!
Riccardo

