Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 17:08:43 +1030 From: George Patterson <george@visp.com.au> To: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hw.acpi.battery.units not accurate Message-ID: <20030307170843.5f12422f.george@visp.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20030307010326.P31811@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> References: <20030307010326.P31811@alpha.siliconlandmark.com>
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On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 01:10:54 -0500 (EST) Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> wrote: > Hi, > > The hw.acpi.battery.units sysctl doesn't seem to be displaying the > correct number of batteries. I'm trying this out on a Dell Latitude > C800 with two batteries. The sysctl correctly returns '2', but this is > also the value that it displays once either battery is swapped out. > > hw.acpi.battery.time correctly (and immediately) reflects the addition > / removal of either battery. > I have a Toshiba Satellite 1800 laptop (Mostly Acer subsystems). While the battery.time is incorrect (negative number), the hw.acpi.battery.units sysctl doesn't change when I swap out the battery. Batter Installed > sysctl hw.acpi.battery hw.acpi.battery.life: 99 hw.acpi.battery.time: -1 hw.acpi.battery.state: 2 hw.acpi.battery.units: 1 hw.acpi.battery.info_expire: 5 Battery Removed > sysctl hw.acpi.battery hw.acpi.battery.life: -1 hw.acpi.battery.time: -1 hw.acpi.battery.state: 7 hw.acpi.battery.units: 1 hw.acpi.battery.info_expire: 5 The battery time was being reported correct by apm under FreeBSD 4.7 George Patterson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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