SuSE 9.1 Pro Gnome battery status problem

Everything Linux 1798 This topic was started by MOGua, 2004-07-08 06:58

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2004-07-08 08:58

I am a newbie to linux and I have just installed SuSE 9.1 pro and when I try to start the battery charge applet from the panel it gives an error about acpid.socket not available. (if I type "powersave -b" in gnome console, powersave reports the battery status correctly)

However, from what I read online, acpid is included in/replaced by powersave, and in KDE, kpowersave works fine.

I was just wondering if anyone can help me with this problem.

Thanks in advance.

linux on ibm thinkpad

can access only 13 gb out of 40 gb hard drive from rh 9.0

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ChaserZ

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2004-08-14 01:06

I haven't found a way to mage the GNOME battery monitor work with powersave, but it will work with acpid. You'll need to run YaST and choose Software --> Install and Remove Software. Then change the Filter dropdown to search and type acpid. From there you can install acpid. Then go to the YaST System --> Runlevel Editor, disable powersaved and enable acpid.

After that, your battery monitor should work under GNOME. The kpowersave batter monitor under KDE will still work; it just won't have as much functionality (suspend to disk, etc).

Hope this helps.