I've got CentOS 4.4 installed on 3 machines - two laptops and a PC. Only one, a HP Omnibook 900, shows the graphical battery status indicator (in the bottom right of the screen), but the other laptop (a new Dell Inspiron 1501) doesn't show it. Furthermore, the command /usr/bin/apm gets the response 'no apm support in kernel' - I've tried yum-updating the kernel and installing apm but to no avail. Any suggestions please as it's obviously very useful/necessary to have a battery indicator! Andy
Andrew Allen wrote:> I've got CentOS 4.4 installed on 3 machines - two laptops and a PC. Only > one, a HP Omnibook 900, shows the graphical battery status indicator (in > the bottom right of the screen), but the other laptop (a new Dell > Inspiron 1501) doesn't show it. Furthermore, the command /usr/bin/apm > gets the response 'no apm support in kernel' - I've tried yum-updating > the kernel and installing apm but to no avail. Any suggestions please as > it's obviously very useful/necessary to have a battery indicator!Check to see if acpi is installed. It replaces apm, I think :) And are you using gnome and installed the battery app on the panel on those Dells? I remember having to install it myself....
oops. I think I was looking in the wrong place. Check out your power management preferences. Is it set to always show the icon? Andrew Allen wrote:> Thanks, but how do I install the battery app on the gnome panel? > I see that battery.ko is in lib/modules/..../acpi (together with lots > of .png images in other folders) but how do I get it working on the > gnome panel? Do I have to yum install acpi or what? > > Thanks, > Andy > > On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 14:43 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> Andrew Allen wrote: >> >>> I've got CentOS 4.4 installed on 3 machines - two laptops and a PC. Only >>> one, a HP Omnibook 900, shows the graphical battery status indicator (in >>> the bottom right of the screen), but the other laptop (a new Dell >>> Inspiron 1501) doesn't show it. Furthermore, the command /usr/bin/apm >>> gets the response 'no apm support in kernel' - I've tried yum-updating >>> the kernel and installing apm but to no avail. Any suggestions please as >>> it's obviously very useful/necessary to have a battery indicator! >>> >> Check to see if acpi is installed. It replaces apm, I think :) >> >> And are you using gnome and installed the battery app on the panel on >> those Dells? I remember having to install it myself.... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >
Andrew Allen wrote:> Thanks again, but I can't find anything about power management under > Preferences, System Settings or System Tools anywhere on the gnome > desktop - so it's still a mystery I'm afraid. >I am not at my home office, but my quarterly visit to my division's office. Thus I only have this Centos 5 system.....> Andy > > On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 16:29 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> oops. >> >> I think I was looking in the wrong place. Check out your power >> management preferences. Is it set to always show the icon? >> >> Andrew Allen wrote: >> >>> Thanks, but how do I install the battery app on the gnome panel? >>> I see that battery.ko is in lib/modules/..../acpi (together with lots >>> of .png images in other folders) but how do I get it working on the >>> gnome panel? Do I have to yum install acpi or what? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Andy >>> >>> On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 14:43 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Andrew Allen wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I've got CentOS 4.4 installed on 3 machines - two laptops and a PC. Only >>>>> one, a HP Omnibook 900, shows the graphical battery status indicator (in >>>>> the bottom right of the screen), but the other laptop (a new Dell >>>>> Inspiron 1501) doesn't show it. Furthermore, the command /usr/bin/apm >>>>> gets the response 'no apm support in kernel' - I've tried yum-updating >>>>> the kernel and installing apm but to no avail. Any suggestions please as >>>>> it's obviously very useful/necessary to have a battery indicator! >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Check to see if acpi is installed. It replaces apm, I think :) >>>> >>>> And are you using gnome and installed the battery app on the panel on >>>> those Dells? I remember having to install it myself.... >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >
>Message: 17 >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:22:09 +0100 >From: Andrew Allen <andy.allen at virgin.net> >Subject: [CentOS] Battery status indicator in CentOS 4.4 >Message-ID: <1182882129.4113.21.camel at Atlas4.localdomain>>I've got CentOS 4.4 installed on 3 machines - two laptops and a PC. >Only one, a HP Omnibook 900, shows the graphical battery status >indicator (in the bottom right of the screen), but the other laptop (a<snip> Andy: As someone previous mentioned, if you are using GNOME, there is an applet: (a) Right click on the panel (where you see Applications, Actions, etc.) (b) Select Add to Panel (an Add to Panel window appears) (c) Select Battery Charge Monitor (you will probably need to configure it). HTH. P.S. Please do not cross post!