what to do when apm doesn't see my battery?

[David A. Bandel]

On Sun, 18 May 2003 20:30:20 -0700
"Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> I've got a shiny new laptop which is working fairly well under RH9. 
> The only bit of weirdness is that apm doesn't recognize that I have a 
> battery plugged in, so it can't give me any power readouts.  Now the 
> laptop works just fine & dandy, even without AC power, its just that i
> 
> have no way of getting a reading via apm on the amount of charge 
> remaining.  Anyone ever run into this before?

Not seen this.  I assume you have the APM module loaded.  Have you
checked your kernel config to make sure the module was config?d
properly?  I build my own kernels and this has always worked on my
laptops.  RH usualness (vice weirdness)?

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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