new powermanager and battery

[Jonathan Jesse]

On Tuesday 05 September 2006 10:36, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 September 2006 16:31, Jonathan Jesse wrote:
> > On Tuesday 05 September 2006 09:10, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> > > And you do have /proc/acpi?
> >
> > /proc/acpi as a directory does exist.  Is there something I should be
> > looking for?
>
> Yes, check if you have a battery emulated in your vmware. It should surface
> somewhere under /proc/acpi.
>
> If there is one *and* HAL reports it, it's a bug in power-manager,
> otherwise, it's either vmware lacking its emulation and if that is there,
> HAL being broken (or incomplete).
>
> You can query hal with the "lshal" program, btw.
>
> >  Also Power Management is now found under "Lost and Found" under the K
> > Menu
>
> I'm not in charge of .desktop files, sorry.

I guess more reporting that the location of the icon is in the wrong place, 
i'll file a bug instead.

Output of lshal | grep acpi

jjesse at scipio:/proc/acpi$ lshal | grep acpi
  info.addons = {'hald-addon-acpi'} (string list)
  power_management.acpi.linux.version = '20060127'  (string)
  power_management.type = 'acpi'  (string)
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/acpi_PWRF'
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/acpi_PWRF'  (string)
  linux.acpi_type = 10  (0xa)  (int)
  linux.acpi_path = '/proc/acpi/button/power/PWRF'  (string)
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/acpi_ACAD'
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/acpi_ACAD'  (string)
  linux.acpi_type = 3  (0x3)  (int)
  linux.acpi_path = '/proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ACAD'  (string)
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/acpi_CPU0'
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/acpi_CPU0'  (string)
  linux.acpi_type = 1  (0x1)  (int)
  linux.acpi_path = '/proc/acpi/processor/CPU0'  (string)
jjesse at scipio:/proc/acpi$                                 

Sorry that I don't know how to read this better but I hope it heps