Battery life indicator?

It's not a python problem this time, the problem is:

Code: 
apm: can't open /dev/apm: No such file or directory

The apm(8) command doesn't seem to work on your laptop ...

An alternative might be using sysctl, post the output of:
% sysctl hw.acpi
 
I simply use the Battery widget in KDE4.3.

Also acpiconf -i0 works for me:
Code: 
acpiconf -i0
Design capacity:        4860 mAh
Last full capacity:     4733 mAh
Technology:             secondary (rechargeable)
Design voltage:         10800 mV
Capacity (warn):        240 mAh
Capacity (low):         144 mAh
Low/warn granularity:   264 mAh
Warn/full granularity:  3780 mAh
Model number:           GC86508SAT0
Serial number:
Type:                   LION
OEM info:               SANYO
State:                  high
Remaining capacity:     100%
Remaining time:         unknown
Present rate:           0 mA
Voltage:                12417 mV
 
Solution:

1) Time exactly how long from full battery, it takes to become flat.

2) Buy a stopwatch (I found a really cheap one here on ebay for you!)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Chronograph-D...in_0?hash=item4148815260&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

3) Input into the stopwatch, the time it took from step 1

4) Glue that stopwatch to the side of the screen.

The only slight inconvenience with this method is that you MUST remember to pause the stopwatch when you shutdown the computer.

I was going to say get a stop watch with a slow motion function for when you put the computer in hibernate / suspend but that wont work without acpi / apm anyways :)

I look forward to reading the updated handbook in the acpi problems section.

Hope this helps.
 
@kpedersen, haha, that's funny but also kind of strange ... High tech computer and you need to glue a stopwatch to your screen :-/

Eponasoft said:
ACPI is disabled on my system, so anything involving ACPI will automatically fail.
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Right, that explains it then. All battery status indicators will fail for you then ;)
 
kpedersen said:
Solution:

1) Time exactly how long from full battery, it takes to become flat.

2) Buy a stopwatch (I found a really cheap one here on ebay for you!)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Chronograph-D...in_0?hash=item4148815260&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

3) Input into the stopwatch, the time it took from step 1

4) Glue that stopwatch to the side of the screen.

The only slight inconvenience with this method is that you MUST remember to pause the stopwatch when you shutdown the computer.

I was going to say get a stop watch with a slow motion function for when you put the computer in hibernate / suspend but that wont work without acpi / apm anyways :)

I look forward to reading the updated handbook in the acpi problems section.

Hope this helps.
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You know what? As ludicrous and sarcastic as this suggestion is, it's actually the only one that WOULD work. :) And it would probably be accurate to about 5 minutes.

Well, here's hoping that 8.0 fixes the ACPI issue...
 
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