Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:56:46 +0200 From: mato <gamato@users.sf.net> To: Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: battery monitor with KDE 64 bit Message-ID: <480E42FE.6040903@users.sf.net> In-Reply-To: <20080422114943.bih64qriwwo80k84@0x20.net> References: <0319208F-8098-4EAA-B3DA-22C6FE1C02DD@langille.org> <20080326155507.wiubhspc04ok440g@0x20.net> <47F8AD88.2010406@users.sf.net> <20080407133354.djlrjmnm04ks0www@0x20.net> <47FA7351.4030601@users.sf.net> <20080414220641.GK50049@e.0x20.net> <20080422114943.bih64qriwwo80k84@0x20.net>
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Lars Engels wrote: > Quoting Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>: > >> On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 09:17:37PM +0200, martinko wrote: >>> Lars Engels wrote: >>> >Quoting martinko <gamato@users.sf.net>: >>> >>Hi Lars, >>> >> >>> >>sysutils/nbosd looks very nice and rather useful, thanks! :-) >>> >> >>> >>However, I can think of the following: >>> >> >>> >>There are 2 important/interesting information missing: >>> >>- remaining run-time in hours:minutes when running on battery >>> >>- CPU temperature (especially on laptops) >>> > >>> >Good idea, it should be no problem to use sysctl to get those values. >>> > >>> >>Also, it might be quite useful to render battery related info in red >>> >>colour once battery charge drops below some (configurable) limit when >>> >>not running on AC power. >>> >> >>> >>The last but not least important is this -- nbosd shows you info on >>> >>demand only. I find that most often I forget about my battery >>> running >>> >>flat and thus nbosd wouldn't help. Any idea how to deal with it ? >>> > >>> >nbosd was designed to show the value on demand. I have a keyboard >>> shortcut which shows me the >>> >OSD whenever I need it. >>> >But the shortcut doesn't work in every case e.g. when playing >>> fullscreen games. So I taught >>> >nbosd to work together with devd and now nbosd has an option to >>> run as a daemon and only shows >>> >up when the battery percentage falls below a user-defined value. >>> >It still has some rough corners and the code needs to be cleaned >>> up that's why I haven't >>> >committed the new version. >>> >I hope that my (very limited atm :-( ) time allows me get it >>> finished, soon. >>> > >>> >>> Hi Lars, >>> >>> Remaining run-time (hours:minutes) could be next to the percentage >>> value. >>> I'm not sure about the temperature, though. >>> >>> I've set up a keyboard shotcut too (in WMaker) and it works great. >>> However, sometimes I forget I'm running on battery and only find >>> out when my laptop dies >>> abruptly. That's why I'm trying to figure out how best to prevent >>> such situations. >>> >>> And what do you say about my suggestion to render battery life text >>> and graphics in red when >>> running on DC and too low ? Would it be possible ? >> >> >> Hi Martin, >> >> somehow I didn't see you mail until now... >> I just worked a bit on nbosd and it should fulfill your needs now: >> A -d switch was added to run it as a daemon. You can give it an alarm >> threshold with -a and the osd will pop up (in red ;-) ) when the current >> battery level is below that threshold. >> Additionally the remaining battery time is displayed. >> I haven't committed the new version yet. I'd like to have one or two >> testers before: >> http://bsd-geek.de/FreeBSD/distfiles/nbosd-0.5.0.tar.gz >> >> So if you would like to try it, please give a feedback on it. >> >> Lars > > I updated the port to the last version. Have fun :) > Hi Lars, I've been on holiday but I'll upgrade and try the new version soon.. Cheers, M.
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