On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Mayuresh Kathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Antoine Jacoutot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > > I googled for "monitoring battery openbsd" but got nothing satisfactory. > > > > apm(8) > > Thanks for that Antoine. > > I tried 'apm -b' to get the battery status, but it showed 255, which > is 'unknown', is it because my laptop isn't properly supported? > > Is there anything I could do to help developers support it better? > > Best, > > ~Mayuresh > >
If its an non-apm laptop you can check it via acpi. Use sysctl and check the hw section. There it was how many volts left. BR Dunceor