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!
Andy
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....
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@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Andrew Allen wrote:
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.
I am not at my home office, but my quarterly visit to my division's office. Thus I only have this Centos 5 system.....
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@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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