On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 01:10:54 -0500 (EST) Andre Guibert de Bruet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > The hw.acpi.battery.units sysctl doesn't seem to be displaying the > correct number of batteries. I'm trying this out on a Dell Latitude > C800 with two batteries. The sysctl correctly returns '2', but this is > also the value that it displays once either battery is swapped out. > > hw.acpi.battery.time correctly (and immediately) reflects the addition > / removal of either battery. > I have a Toshiba Satellite 1800 laptop (Mostly Acer subsystems). While the battery.time is incorrect (negative number), the hw.acpi.battery.units sysctl doesn't change when I swap out the battery. Batter Installed > sysctl hw.acpi.battery hw.acpi.battery.life: 99 hw.acpi.battery.time: -1 hw.acpi.battery.state: 2 hw.acpi.battery.units: 1 hw.acpi.battery.info_expire: 5 Battery Removed > sysctl hw.acpi.battery hw.acpi.battery.life: -1 hw.acpi.battery.time: -1 hw.acpi.battery.state: 7 hw.acpi.battery.units: 1 hw.acpi.battery.info_expire: 5 The battery time was being reported correct by apm under FreeBSD 4.7 George Patterson To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
