From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl>
Cc: Berthold Cogel <cogel@rrz.uni-koeln.de>, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Was: Re: UBUNTU - acpi battery on ACER TRAVELMATE 4000 WLMI
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:32:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060420113231.GA27965@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2vet41q9n.fsf@phoenix.squirrel.nl>
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 12:43:16PM +0200, Johan Vromans wrote:
> Berthold Cogel <cogel@rrz.uni-koeln.de> writes:
>
> > What is the recommended way to solve the problem with the smart
> > battery for newer kernels?
>
> The right solution is hal, but I don't know whether it has been picked
> up yet.
No. There needs to be a kernel driver, regardless of how it provides
information. hal can only display what the kernel gives it - it's not a
set of drivers, and it can't read from a smart battery on its own.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-20 11:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-26 20:27 UBUNTU - acpi battery on ACER TRAVELMATE 4000 WLMI Brown, Len
2006-01-27 11:43 ` Johan Vromans
2006-04-19 23:31 ` Was: " Berthold Cogel
2006-04-20 10:43 ` Johan Vromans
2006-04-20 11:32 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2006-04-22 20:53 ` Johan Vromans
2006-04-22 21:23 ` Matthew Garrett
2006-04-20 22:45 ` Berthold Cogel
2006-04-21 9:30 ` Johan Vromans
2006-04-22 18:02 ` Berthold Cogel
2006-04-22 18:27 ` Johan Vromans
2006-04-23 21:56 ` Berthold Cogel
2006-04-24 9:36 ` Johan Vromans
2006-05-09 23:43 ` Berthold Cogel
2006-06-01 16:29 ` Johan Vromans
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