RE: Laptop battery
I cannot rememeber the format of the apmd command or the output of the
command, but basically you use 'cut' to snip out the xx% part.
Probably there is neat regexp you could also use.
For the prompt bit, have a read here
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x293.html
I really was very happy with it though.
Matt
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Schlansker [mailto:steven@fgsoft.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, 1 October 2003 12:02 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Laptop battery
>
>
> Cool, apm works fine. How can I get it to go in my prompt?
>
> On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 11:41 PM, Joyce, Matthew wrote:
>
> >
> > I used to use apmd, it worked pretty well, I used to cut the power
> > left %
> > out and use it in my prompt.
> >
> > hub:~# apt-cache show apmd
> > Package: apmd
> > Priority: optional
> > Section: admin
> > Installed-Size: 220
> > Maintainer: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@debian.org>
> > Architecture: i386
> > Version: 3.0.2-1.19
> > Depends: libapm1 (>= 3.0.2-1.11), libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), debconf,
> > powermgmt-base
> > Suggests: xapm
> > Filename: pool/main/a/apmd/apmd_3.0.2-1.19_i386.deb
> > Size: 44632
> > MD5sum: b274295bddfbb119231700c05a2ee7ca
> > Description: Utilities for Advanced Power Management (APM)
> > On laptop computers, the Advanced Power Management (APM) support
> > provides access to battery status information and may help you to
> > conserve battery power, depending on your laptop and the APM
> > implementation. The apmd program also lets you run
> arbitrary programs
> > when APM events happen (for example, you can eject PCMCIA
> devices when
> > you suspend, or change hard drive timeouts when you connect the
> > battery). .
> > This package contains apmd(8), a daemon for logging and
> acting on APM
> > events; and apm(1), a client that prints the information
> in /proc/apm
> > in a readable format.
> > .
> > apmd is notified of APM events by the APM driver in the kernel.
> > .
> > Recent Debian kernels are built with APM support but it is disabled
> > by default. You need to boot the kernel with the "apm=on"
> option if
> > you want to enable the driver. (You may need to add this option to
> > your lilo command line.)
> > Task: laptop
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Steven Schlansker [mailto:steven@fgsoft.net]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, 30 September 2003 11:17 AM
> >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >> Subject: Laptop battery
> >>
> >>
> >> I have an ancient NEC Versa 4080H laptop, and I wiped
> Windows off of
> >> it to install Debian. I'd like to be able to check the power
> >> left in the
> >> battery. How would I do that? (Note that there's no X windows
> >> installed, so command line only please)
> >>
> >> Is there a /proc entry? I couldn't find one. Thanks for any help.
> >>
> >> Also please CC any replies to me, as I don't want to deal with the
> >> massive amounts of mail going through this server. Thanks.
> >>
> >> ------------------
> >>
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> >>
> >> Steven Schlansker
> >> Tech Support & Programming
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> >> steven@fgsoft.net
> >> techsupport@fgsoft.net
> >>
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