Mandrake 10 Community Battery Status Applet


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Hey

I dont get the battery status monitor in Mandrake 10 . I used to have it when i tried the previous beta releases. As u can guess Im new to linux .

Any ideas ?

Thanks

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You'll have to setup acpi.

- Go to the mandrake configuration center >> startup options

You should be able somewhere to change the bootloader (lilo?) options. You just have to click on acpi (checkbox). Click next until changes are applied.

- Reboot your pc (to have acpi enabled...wouldn't know how to do it with a command).

Normally there should be a directory /proc/acpi now.

- Load the acpi modules as root:

modprobe ac

modprobe battery

.....

(options that can be loaded: ac, battery, fan, button, thermal, processor)

[you can unload modules by rmmod modulename]

- To have these modules loaded at boot. You should add them in /etc/modprobe.preload (kernel 2.6.x) or /etc/modules (kernel 2.4.x). In these files you just have to write the names (ac, battery,...), not the command modprobe... Each name on a new line.

Now you should be able to configure the battery status monitor in the configuration panel of your environment (KDE I guess?).

Good luck!

Slike (quite a newbie too :whistle: )

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I tried what you said.

However I dont see a place where I can change the configuration of the battery panel applet.In fact i dont even see any references for battery in the configuration tools?

Any idea where this applet is located so i can start it manually?

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right click on the dock until you get a menu that will allow to add applets to the dock. this works the same in gnome.

also make sure your bios will support acpi battery statistics. I had to update mine to get it to work. But most new laptops should have a new enough bios for it to work. Dont' do this until you are apsolutely sure that it is the bios messing up, or if you just want to update your bios (it isn't a bad idea, but it isn't a one-hundred percent guarentee of success).

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I checked the add applets to doc menu and still dont see the battery applet in the list? I used to get the applet when I used the test releases of mdrake 10

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