On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, George Patterson wrote: > 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
-1 is the value that you get if you get the sysctl sample when the unit is plugged in. Make sure that you disconnect the AC line when you sample... Regards, > Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant > > Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
