Version: (using KDE KDE 3.0.3) Installed from: SuSE RPMs OS: Linux On a fresh load of Suse Linux 8.1 containing KDE 3.0.3 on my Dell Inspiron 8000 latptop, the battery meter was "X"'ed out and not displaying correctly. Moreover, if I tried to open the icon, I'd get a message that my ACPI kernel support was only partially enabled. Even building a new kernel with the ACPI support fully in the kernel didn't work. Many thanks to Derek Fountain who pointed me in the direction of his solution, which is to add: apm=on acpi=off to the GRUB menu or lilo.conf file, making them kernel parameters on boot. Booting in this way restored perfect service to my KLaptop battery meter! Submitted just to help others find a solution - the problem seems to be in the Dell BIOS's interaction with the SuSE kernel - but since it's manifested in KDE, I wanted to report it here. Glen
Subject: Re: New: klaptop doesn't show battery or ac information, gives message about partial ACPI build, SOLUTION On Thursday 10 October 2002 11:11 am, Glen Barney wrote: > Installed from: SuSE RPMs > OS: Linux > > On a fresh load of Suse Linux 8.1 containing KDE 3.0.3 on my > Dell Inspiron 8000 latptop, the battery meter was "X"'ed out > and not displaying correctly. Moreover, if I tried to open > the icon, I'd get a message that my ACPI kernel support was > only partially enabled. Even building a new kernel with the > ACPI support fully in the kernel didn't work. > > Many thanks to Derek Fountain who pointed me in the direction > of his solution, which is to add: > > apm=on acpi=off > > to the GRUB menu or lilo.conf file, making them kernel > parameters on boot. Booting in this way restored perfect > service to my KLaptop battery meter! > > Submitted just to help others find a solution - the problem > seems to be in the Dell BIOS's interaction with the SuSE > kernel - but since it's manifested in KDE, I wanted to report > it here. actually it was caused by a change to the kernel ACPI support that caused the names of the /proc ACPI devices to be changed .... the version of klaptopdaemon that's currently in CVS (should be out in 3.1) fixes this problem. If APM works for you it's still prefereable than ACPI - linux ACPI does not yet support suspend/resume/hibernate etc for mainline kernels (2.4 etc) while APM does. Both are somewhat flakey on some laptops (with APM still being better). Klaptopdaemon will try and use whichever you have configured in your laptop Paul
In "KControl -> Power Control -> Laptop Battery" there is a similar message under all the tabs except "Battery". The tabs in question are "Power Control", "Low Battery Warning", "Low Battery Critical" and "Button Actions". The message on each of those tabs is: "Your computer seems to have a partial ACPI installation. ACPI was probably enabled, but some of the sub-options were not - you need to enable at least 'AC Adaptor' and 'Control Method Battery' and then rebuild your kernel." I am, however, not so interested in disabling ACPI on my computer. $ls /proc/acpi button embedded_controller fadt ibm power_resource sleep video dsdt event fan info processor thermal_zone wakeup Versions: IBM T42, Debian Unstable, linux-image_2.6.25, KDE3.5.9. Best regards, Torquil Sørensen