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Posted: May 11 2006,18:46 QUOTE
Hi,

I am using DSL 2.3 in the 'toram' mode on an old Quantex laptop (PIII Coppermine 450MhZ, 128MB RAM) and I am totally delighted by the performance it gives me.  The only issue is that the applet which is supposed to monitor my battery does not work.

What is the most convient way to monitor my battery performance? Is there a MyDSL extension I should download?  Can I configure the applet (I forgot its name, the transparent one on the upper right corner of the desktop)?  Should I apt-get something?  Is there a CLI application (I tried apm but that does not work and at boot-up I get the message "apm: overridden by ACPI" but I did not find a way to make ACPI report the battery condition).

Many thanks for any pointers,

VS

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Posted: May 12 2006,03:52 QUOTE
did you include "apm noacpi" in your cheatcode line? thats what I have to do.

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Posted: May 12 2006,08:21 QUOTE
That means your Laptop is using ACPI. This thread may help you. Good luck :D

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Posted: May 12 2006,13:44 QUOTE
Hi,

Thanks for trying to help me out here:

Torp:alas, I must be obtuse, but the apm noacpi cheatcodes made no difference.

hs7sv: I read through the thread you referred me to, but I did not understand it.  I looked for wmacpi_1.99r7.dsl on my machine but I did not find it.  Is this a MyDSL extension (I am asking because I am not in front of my DSL box)?  If yes, I will simply get it.  If not, can I simply copy the Perl script into vi, and create an executable to run it?  Does DSL 2.3 support running Perl scripts or must I install Perl (I am asking because Python, for example, does not come with DSL, only as an extension).

Many thanks for any help,

VS

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Posted: May 12 2006,14:58 QUOTE
wmacpi_1.99r7.dsl is in myDSL Window Manager Extensions.
DSL-2.3 does not support ACPI. You need to use DSL-2.1b for ACPI and battery monitoring.
battstate.pl (Perl script) will get all battery information from /proc/acpi/battery, if ACPI is running.
I'm using it on my laptop (Fujitsu LB P5010). It works fine.

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