No, even if its on battery, the rate is unknown. see this, syd at sirius:/proc/acpi/battery/BAT0$ cat state present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: discharging present rate: unknown remaining capacity: 4224 mAh present voltage: 12200 mV
On 4/8/06, David Desrosiers <daviddes at us.ibm.com> wrote: > > root at sirius:/proc/acpi/battery/BAT0# cat state > > > charging state: charging > > This means you're plugged into AC, and not using the battery. > > > present rate: unknown > > > it says, the rate is unknown. Thats why I dont get my time left as > > unknown. How can i fix it? > > Unplug it so there is a draw on the battery, that'll > tell you its present rate of consumption. > > > David A. Desrosiers > Linux on Power Developer Program Manager > daviddes at us.ibm.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > Mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > -- Cheers :-) githinATgmailDOTcom Free as in Freedom www.gnu.org
