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Posted: April 12 2007,08:58 QUOTE
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${color #ddd}Battery:  $color ${battery}


So it is displaying the percentage represented by {battery}
Is there any code for how {battery} gets the percentage figure, a script or something ? If so where can I read it. I'm looking for how it actually calculates or finds the percentage remaining. Thanks.
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Posted: April 12 2007,09:04 QUOTE
I would guess it is getting this by calculation from a combination of:

/proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info
and
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
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Posted: April 12 2007,09:07 QUOTE
On my laptop, in terminal :
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cat /proc/acpi/battery

gives cannot open file - no such file or directory
so I think mine is using apm, where would it calculate it from with apm ?
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Posted: April 12 2007,09:14 QUOTE
If your laptop uses apm, sorry - I have no idea.

In case your laptop uses acpi, is it disabled by a boot code? Is the battery module loaded?
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Posted: April 12 2007,09:34 QUOTE
When DSL boots up it says in Blue
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Skipping APM bios detection as requested on boot command line


Boot command is
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kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda3 quiet vga=788 noacpi noapm nodma nosci frugal
initrd /boot/minirt24.gz
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