Battstat applet

[Bill Davidsen]

Erik Slagter wrote:
> 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?
> 
Check the live-CD for the beta. I tested a laptop I use with that, and 
it included a battery monitor (which worked!!) even though the wireless 
ipw2200 didn't. Have not tried further, I want to get desktop going 
first, but it definitely is there.

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