Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:06:41 +0200 From: Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> To: martinko <gamato@users.sf.net> Cc: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: battery monitor with KDE 64 bit Message-ID: <20080414220641.GK50049@e.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <47FA7351.4030601@users.sf.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>
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--MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 shortc= ut which shows me the=20 > >OSD whenever I need it. > >But the shortcut doesn't work in every case e.g. when playing fullscreen= games. So I taught=20 > >nbosd to work together with devd and now nbosd has an option to run as a= daemon and only shows=20 > >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=20 > >committed the new version. > >I hope that my (very limited atm :-( ) time allows me get it finished, s= oon. > > >=20 > Hi Lars, >=20 > Remaining run-time (hours:minutes) could be next to the percentage value. > I'm not sure about the temperature, though. >=20 > 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=20 > abruptly. That's why I'm trying to figure out how best to prevent such s= ituations. >=20 > And what do you say about my suggestion to render battery life text and g= raphics in red when=20 > 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 --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFIA9VxKc512sD3afgRAot5AJ422YwbsA9EkLTmTn1rW1O9oB6GhgCeLvEC JRvxGlYyWFfmIpn9Ynuwhlc= =BnMN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ--
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