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 at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >