A fellow subscriber noticed that I didn't have a space between 0.02 and Ah.
Changing the sensorsd.conf line to the following makes everything work: hw.sensors.acpibat0.amphour3:low=0.02 Ah:command=/sbin/shutdown -hp now Regards, Laurence. On 19 January 2014 18:34, Laurence Rochfort <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to use sensorsd to shutdown my Thinkpad T410 laptop when > the battery reaches the "low capacity" level. However, when I add the > line shown below to sensorsd.conf the laptop always shutdown within a > couple of minutes of booting regardless of the current battery level > or if running on AC power. > > The line I added to sensorsd.conf is: > > hw.sensors.acpibat0.amphour3:low=0.02Ah:command=/sbin/shutdown -hp now > > The sysctl output for my battery is: > > hw.sensors.acpibat0.volt0=10.80 VDC (voltage) > hw.sensors.acpibat0.volt1=11.17 VDC (current voltage) > hw.sensors.acpibat0.current0=0.99 A (rate) > hw.sensors.acpibat0.amphour0=4.93 Ah (last full capacity) > hw.sensors.acpibat0.amphour1=0.25 Ah (warning capacity) > hw.sensors.acpibat0.amphour2=0.02 Ah (low capacity) > hw.sensors.acpibat0.amphour3=0.27 Ah (remaining capacity), OK > hw.sensors.acpibat0.raw0=2 (battery charging), OK > hw.sensors.acpiac0.indicator0=On (power supply) > > Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong? > > Regards, > Laurence.
