'No data' - notebook battery on Gkrellm ?

[Updecrator]

Hallo,

Could you help me to enable the battery status on Gkrellm?

Notebook: Toshiba Tecra
Battery: Microsoft ACPI-konforme
Gkrellm shows 'no data'

Thanks & best wishes

p.s. I'm not sure, which battery command I can choice.

[KG6KVQ]

Do you have power controls and reporting complied into the kernel?

[Updecrator]

I thinks 'yes',

[KG6KVQ]

To find out open a terminal window and do

cd /usr/src/linux
less .config | grep ACPI

if the various items are compiled into the kernel then they will show as

CONFIG_ACPI_[item]=y

If they are compiled as modules they will show as

CONFIG_ACPI_[item]=m

Otherwise it will show

CONFIG_ACPI_[item] is not set

[Updecrator]

Hello, KG6KVQ,

# ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support
CONFIG_ACPI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_AC=m
CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=m
CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=m
CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=m
CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=m
CONFIG_ACPI_ASUS=m
CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA=m
# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y
CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y
CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y
CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y
CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y
CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ=m
# CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_PROC_INTF is not set
CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI=y
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI=m
# CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_ACPI is not set

Should I compile the kernel again ?
Thanks

[KG6KVQ]

No, the batter is compiled as a module so now you need to run

lsmod

to see if it is being loaded into the kernel. If not load it with modprobe and add it to your /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-<version> file. Then you should have battery data being reported.

[Updecrator]

hello, KG6KVQ,

I have just added 'battery' into '/etc/modules'
It does work.
Thank you very much!

Greetings