battery monitor not working correctly

[cenzorrll]

hey, just upgraded to "dapper drake" and the battery monitor isn't working correctly.
when it's plugged in, it says that battery is at 100%, but when unplugged it's at 1%.

any ideas?

[-=Apollyon=-]

I'm having a similar problem with my HP/Compaq NX9000 notebook, however my battery monitor just shows 0%. Should I install the acpi patch or similar?

[cenzorrll]

I'm having a similar problem with my HP/Compaq NX9000 notebook, however my battery monitor just shows 0%. Should I install the acpi patch or similar?

yes, definitely. you'll probably need the acpi and acpid packages. if that doesn't work then you need the apm packages

[-=Apollyon=-]

yes, definitely. you'll probably need the acpi and acpid packages. if that doesn't work then you need the apm packages

Still no luck - I installed both the acpi and acpid packages off the CDs, but it still says 0%. Is there anything else I can do?

[cenzorrll]

hmm, interesting. you might need to recomple the kernel for acpi. sorry i can't tell you how to do it. there is probably a thread somewhere's around here that will tell you how. you might want to check out these threads:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red...attery+monitor
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...hlight=battery

[Daan]

you might want to read this thread before you undertake recompilation:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/deb...heres-apm.html