Laptops :: Battery watch

Hello all,
does anyone know how to install a battery watch. I've got a hd-install on my Laptop and it works brilliant.
I was thinking maybe a gkrellm plugin would do the job. But I haven't tried it yet. And I think I have to uninstall the one that comes with dsl first, cause you can't configure it with the F1 button and i can't find other options.
So if anyone has experience that would be really great.

THX a lot

edited SOLUTION:

altered /home/dsl/.xinitrc

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# put X windows programs that you want started here.
# Be sure to add at the end of each command the &

KEYTABLE="$(getknoppixparam.lua KEYTABLE)"
DESKTOP=`cat $HOME/.desktop`

# For German Keyboards
if [ $KEYTABLE == "de" ]; then
xmodmap -e "clear Mod4" -e "add Mod5 = Mode_switch" &
fi

if egrep -qv noicons /proc/cmdline 2>/dev/null; then
iconsnap.lua &>/dev/null &
xtdesk &>/dev/null &
fi
#dillo /usr/share/doc/dsl/getting_started.html &>/dev/null &
case $DESKTOP in
fluxbox )
fluxter -w &>/dev/null &
mount.app &>/dev/null &
asmem -withdrawn -bg black -fg white -memory red &>/dev/null &
wmcpuload &>/dev/null &
wmnet -w &>/dev/null &
wmix &>/dev/null &
wmapm & #<============================ thats the one
exec fluxbox 2>/dev/null
;;
jwm )
./.background
sleep 1
exec jwm
;;
* )
exec fluxbox 2>/dev/null
;;
esac

one mor thing I had to do was:

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ln -s /usr/bin/wmapm /opt/wmapm/wmapm

cause it didn't have that link in my box as default.

Thanks to cbagger01

Visit the Window Manager section of the MyDSL Repository.

There are 2 battery monitoring programs, depending on the type of power management that is used by your laptop.

One is wmacpi the other is wmapm

Thank you very much.

Just one more thing how can I make sure wich one is my PowerMangement?
I've got a Bios where I can only configure a little and I can't choose to shut off ACPI for example.
And is it important to know which one or can I just install both and see wich one reacts?

Thanks for your help...

Try both.

See which one works

APM works totally great.
Thank you very much cbagger01.
To make this Post complete allow me to ask one more thing:
How do I make the "Plugin", if thats what I can call it, stay in the gkrellm app? So it comes up at boot in a "dsl-hdinstall".

Could be that this should be another Post or even has been answered somewhere else allready, but it seems a lot of people are looking at this Post so, bla bla bla...
Thank you for your help

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