I have acpi installed on my old tosh (2.4.18 woody), and I use the command, acpi to get info. At least I though that is what I do.
Certainly I was able to extract battery % and temperature info. I will check next time I use it. Matt 9382 0051 > -----Original Message----- > From: suresh kumar sharma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 9 December 2002 11:35 AM > To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org > Subject: making full use of acpi > > > Hi, > I have a debian kernel 2.4.19 system on my sony vaio > laptop , and I am relatively new to this linux world > and I just moved from APM to ACPI for power > managment.I appliead the acpi patch . > and am running acpid also . > but the power management doesn't seem to be very > efficient still (not that it was with APM). > is there any analogues application like laptopdeamon > for apm in acpi . > or any other applications which can help improve the > system performance and keep track of battery status > and temperature etc. > thanks in advance > suresh > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]