Battery Status Applet in Gnome

[Bill Christiansen]

acpi=force also worked for me on my laptop (although I also had to add a
pci=noacpi to avoid a conflict with my modem). If that doesn't work then
try loading the apm module with modprobe apm and if it works add it to
the /etc/modules file.

On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 15:17 -0700, Darren Critchley wrote:
> Anonymous wrote:
> 
> >My battery status applet doesn't seem to be functioning on my laptop
> >install of ubuntu.  It shows that it's running on 0% battery power
> >even when it's plugged in a fully charged.  I've tried restarting my
> >acpid but that doesn't seem to help.  I've also added acpi=on to my
> >kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst just to make sure but still no
> >luck.  Any help would be appreciated!
> >
> >  
> >
> try acpi=force in your kernel config, that is what I had to do.
> 
> You can also check the output from dmesg and it will tell you where the 
> acpi is failing if in fact it is.
> 
> Darren
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