Re: DockApps (Was: Smart Battery System driver)

[Pedro Venda <pjvenda-pQd4kjVL+REh2FBCd0jGRA@public.gmane.org>]

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Johan Vromans wrote:
| [Quoting Rich Townsend, on January 19 2005, 08:31, in "Re: Smart Battery Sy"]
|
|>However, I'm surprised that the GB applet doesn't get the AC state from
|>polling /proc/acpi/adapter/AC0/state. I use wmacpi, and that shows up
|>the AC state fine...
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|
| Speaking of wmacpi: what is your favorite (acpi-related) docapp for
| your laptop?

I use the kde thingy, klaptopdaemon, I think... works very well. reports AC
adapter presence and battery charge in percentage. not sure if it reports time
to empty...

regards,
pedro venda.

| Most of them have some form of libacpi that does a varying job. It is
| clear that using the SBS info would be much easier, and better.

hacking the lib would be the best way to use enhanced SBS information, although
I guess the driver state is not very matured to get people writing libraries to
access it. Also, having info/state entries in /proc is being "deprecated". /sys
was built for that and gradually all kernel drivers will be using it for
userspace interaction...

regards,
pedro venda.
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Pedro João Lopes Venda
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