How check battery status ? (FC3)

[ian douglas]

> i have a question regarding FC3 and the laptop battery status.
> Google says look at /proc/acpi/battery - the folder exsits, but no file 
> (state) is there.
> Any other possibilities to check the status ?
> 
> I am using Gnome - graphical solutions ?

Right-click on the panel/toolbar, click on 'add to panel'
There should be a 'battery charge monitor' icon that you can add?

-id