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. 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@xxxxxxxxxx > >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
