From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "=?utf-8?q?Zdzis=C5=82aw_A=2E?= Kaleta" Subject: Re: Re: first shoot for smartbattery Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:30:00 +0100 Message-ID: <200501111330.02630.sanskryt@op.pl> References: <41D56002.5060008@mega.ist.utl.pt> <200501111149.55615.sanskryt@o2.pl> <41E3BC06.30408@arrakis.dhis.org> Reply-To: sanskryt-FWhLrETftxM@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <41E3BC06.30408-pQd4kjVL+REh2FBCd0jGRA@public.gmane.org> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Dnia wtorek 11 stycznia 2005 12:44, Pedro Venda napisa=C5=82: > z.a.kaleta wrote: > | Dnia wtorek 11 stycznia 2005 11:12, Pedro Venda napisa=C2=B3: > |>the smartbattery program is just a hack to see things working. people > |>shouldn't be using it in "production". > |> > |>soon there will be an emulation driver that will allow you to use curre= nt > |>battery monitoring tools. > |> > |>regards, > |>pedro venda. > | > | Better such wonderfull hack then the situation when my laptop "died" in > | the middle of important text before I have a chance to save it. > > true, but you knew there were no battery information, so you did it on yo= ur > own risk. Of course as almost always in Linux and hardware problem. > > if you didn't know... these things must be tested before we can rely on > them. linux is developed by a community of interested users and developer= s, > so you can't generally complain to anybody and nobody garantees driver > implementation for your specific hardware. you had bad luck. my laptop sh= ut > itself down on me once, but because I forgot the AC-power was unplugged := =2D/ I don't plan co complain ewen if my laptop stop to work at all. I use linux= =20 (debian) form more than 4 years now. From two years exlusively linux so I=20 know the risk. Se la vie. > > fortunately we learn mostly from mistakes, so it won't happen again. > > regards, > pedro venda. Again thank for your work. =2D-=20 z.a.kaleta (sanskryt), registered Linux User #279350 ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt