Version: 1.4 (using KDE KDE 3.3.2) Installed from: Gentoo Packages OS: Linux It would be really nice if the klaptop battery icon would change to indicate remaining charge - even a hack like different icons for 75%+,50%+ & 25%+ would be better than the empty looking icon we have at the moment :)
it should be doing this for you - can you check to make sure that ACPI's working for you (need's to be enabled in your kernel)
ACPI is in my kernel, following from /proc (running from mains) The percentage remaining is visable on the icons tooltip, but the icon is of an empty battery. cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: discharging present rate: 0 mA remaining capacity: 2816 mAh present voltage: 9153 mV cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info present: yes design capacity: 2816 mAh last full capacity: 2816 mAh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 10800 mV design capacity warning: 281 mAh design capacity low: 28 mAh capacity granularity 1: 253 mAh capacity granularity 2: 2535 mAh model number: BA-04 serial number: battery type: Li-Ion OEM info: ASUSTek
I have personally contacted the KLaptopDaemon author/assigned and he confirmed that the tool is deprecated in KDE SC 4 (replaced by PowerDevil) and that there are no current efforts to support/maintain the KDE SC 3 version. Because of this, I will close the reports as UNMAINTAINED. Regards