ACPI battery module broken?

[Dan Goodes]

In your /etc/grub.conf file (assuming you use grub), find the "kernel" 
line, and at the end of that line, add "acpi=on".

-Dan

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Brian Connolly wrote:

> Dan,
> 
> And where does one add "acpi=on" to the kernel parameters?
> 
> best,
> 
> brian
> 
> On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 19:09, Dan Goodes wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 law at redhat.com wrote:
> > 
> > > In message <1069277483.5150.1.camel at littlePiet>, Peter Boy writes:
> > >  >If I activate ACPI on my IBM Thinkpad T40p, the gnome battery applet
> > >  >shows up with 0%.
> > >  >
> > >  >If I check /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state I get:
> > >  >
> > >  >present:                 yes
> > >  >ERROR: Unable to read battery status
> > >  >
> > >  >Is this usual for the current status of acpi support or is there an
> > > Well, the battery status works on my HP/Compaq 25xx using ACPI.
> > 
> > FWIW, it also works fine on my Compaq Presario 2100, out-of-the-box 
> > (almost, obviously had to add acpi=on to the kernel parameters)
> > 
> > -Dan
> > 
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Dan Goodes  :  Systems Programmer  :  dang at planetmirror.com

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