[CentOS] Battery status indicator in CentOS 4.4

[Robert Moskowitz]

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....
>>>>
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