Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:34:56 -0700 From: Dan Finn <dhrider@gmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Gkrellm not reading battery usage correctly Message-ID: <89ceee7040719153433743f55@mail.gmail.com>
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FreeBSD stewie.thna.net 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #1: Fri Jul 16 10:36:15 PDT 2004 root@stewie.thna.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/STEWIE i386 gkrellm 2.2.1 This is on a Dell Inspiron 2650 Gkrellm recognizes when the system changes from plugged in to unplugged. However once unplugged the battery percentage left drops pretty quickly. I also let it get lower than I ever have today and I noticed that it gets to 0 and then resets and starts counting down from 100% again. I tried setting apm_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf but that didn't fix it. I also tried setting up a DSDT like so : acpi_dsdt_load="YES" acpi_dsdt_type="acpi_dsdt" acpi_dsdt_name="/boot/DSDT.aml" that I downloaded from a site that was supposed to be specific to this laptop but that didn't seem to fix things either. Any help would be really appreciated. I am about to take this laptop on a trip where it will likely be powered only by the battery for periods of time and I would like to get an accurate reading of how much battery life is left. Gkrellm seems like a good way to do it but I would be open to other ideas also. Thanks Dan
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