Battstat applet
Erik Slagter
erik at slagter.name
Wed May 21 10:32:49 UTC 2008
Can anyone enlighten me on this one, I am probably just dumb and missed
something critical ;-)
The gnome-panel package in fc9 doesn't have the battstat applet included
(anymore). This is a rather critical applet for me so I can see in a
blink of an eye how much time I have left on battery. I am not at all
interested in automatic power management functions, it's purely the gui
functionality.
So I checked the revision history of the package which has the following
remark on battstat: "Removed." That I already noticed, but why? And what
am I supposed to use as alternative? Otherwise I'd consider this a
regression.
I also checked alternatives, and found only one, which is to install the
advance-window-navigator, which has a battery status applet (although
less informative). I don't think this is a real alternative because
- lots and lots of errors and indeed errors and crashes
- requires compositing support including compositing window manager,
which, in contrary to popular believe, doesn't work on many
configurations (dual head for instance) and also makes various programs
terribly slow (firefox...)
- it cannot coexist with the gnome panel (on the bottom of the screen)
- the awm panel is only shown at virtual screen #1
There seems to be no other packages that supply a battery status applet.
Anyone have a suggestion?
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