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