[ubuntu-in] Battery Management

[Gautam John]

On Nov 14, 2007 6:21 PM, Kingsly John <member+ubuntu at kingsly.net> wrote:

> Do you have the panel applet for batteries installed?

I am using the Gnome Power Manager and also the Battery Charge Monitor.

> When the battery is fully charged the battery icon changes from charging to
> fully charged.. and when it's low it suspends/shuts down the system according
> to your configuration.

The Battery Charge Monitor applet seems to change from charging to
fully charged and show me a warning when I have less than 5% battery
charge left. The Gnome Power Manager does not do any of this. I have
to continually mouse over the Gnome Power Manager to figure out the
charging status.

> Right click on the battery panel applet and change the settings there.

Done. Works just fine. Thank you.

> most of the battery apps you see in repos are old/outdated ones that use
> APM, you'll need something that uses ACPI to work with newer laptops.

The applet states that it is HAL enabled, if that means something.

Also, the Gnome Power Manager and the Applet give me conflicting
charge remaining time. What do I follow?

Best,

Gautam