APM problem

0x0000h · 12-20-2004, 01:55 PM

i have some trouble with APM, nothing shows me the state of the battery, percentege left and time left.
i tried "apm -m" it shows "AC online , no system battery"
wmapm doesn't show anything at all

i'am using slack 10, kernel 2.4.26, apm enabled
on toshiba satelllite2430.
any one can help, thanx in advance.

JohnKFT · 12-20-2004, 04:00 PM

have you got the apmd daemon running? Do apmd as root.

J.W. · 12-20-2004, 10:05 PM

And as an excellent all-around monitoring utility, you can't do better than gkrellm. Worth a look if you haven't already -- J.W.