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.