Re: ACPI battery monitor?
From: "pHilipp Zabel" <pzabel@gmx.de>
> On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:36:01 -0300
> "Derek Broughton" <derek_broughton@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Absolutely true. The devices are named in the ACPI DSDT table, and
_many_
> > power supplies are not named AC. Batteries are a little more standard,
but
> > you're right - my one and only battery is BAT0.
>
> Could the applet read this table (or query the acpi modules or
> something like that) to get the correct /proc path names?
>
I haven't tried it, and I know it's still only test-quality, but ospmd is
supposed to define an API that should allow an applet to query ACPI for
this. I don't know if it's ready to do that yet, though. Otherwise, you're
stuck with browsing the /proc/acpi tree, as Erich suggests.
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