On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Robert Hellerheller@deepsoft.com 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.