On 26 Jan 16:16, Chris G wrote:
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 03:51:14PM +0000, samwise wrote:
Chris,
Shouldn't you be able to get this info from your computer itself?
Something like:
cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
Or maybe google for acpi or acm ... ?
The battery widgets which show you whether your battery is in use or charging, must make use of this info.
I thought someone would say that, I should have explained better. :-)
The eeePc is running from an *external* battery supply, not from its own internal battery. Hence, from its point of view, 'mains' power will always be available and /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state won't change.
I don't want to run it from a mains power supply and rely on its internal battery to last over any mains power failures. A mains power failure where it is might last for a day or two because it will probably be caused by local circuit breakers tripping and they will need someone to go and reset them.
Please define "external battery". Is this "external battery" a UPS unit? If so, why not just query the UPS?