On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Robert Heller<heller@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If the laptop uses the (old!) APM interface, xapm will work. If the
> laptop uses the (newer, current) ACPI interface, I have written a little
> utility that displays the battery state. Visit
> http://www.deepsoft.com/OddsAndEnds and scroll down to the section
> titled 'TkBattery' for more information. This program just
> reads/monitors the files under /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ and
> /proc/acpi/battery/, which map to the state of the power cord (plugged
> in or not) and the battery(ies) info and state files. All of these
> files are just text files that can be read by a program (or a simple
> script).
Ahh.. The /proc/acpi/battery info might be the info I need. It looks
like the "design capacity" and "last full capacity" will give the
information I need. In my case, design capacity is 4800 mAh and last
full is 768 mAh. This works out about right given that, when new, it
lasted a little under two hours and now it dies in about 10 minutes.
Thanks a bunch...
BTW, someone suggested the battery applet monitor but at least on my
version it only gives the charge state, not the battery condition.
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