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Re: multiple batteries in BatteryMonitor: msg#00184

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Subject: Re: multiple batteries in BatteryMonitor

edscott wilson garcia wrote:
Try the attached patch and see if it works OK (it should monitor the
last battery to drain, instead of the first).

I applied this patch against v0.2.0 (because http://developer.berlios.de/ where
i presume the cvs repository is, seems to be offline) and it effectively
monitors the last battery to drain.

But i find strange that my BAT0 is batteries[1] (instead of batteries[0]) and i
wonder if readdir (in check_acpi()) is really supposed to give batteries in
reversed order. Is that an defined behavior ? Could readdir gives the content
of /proc/acpi/batteries/ in a different order if... let's says... i were using
a different filesystem type, or a different compiler (or someting) ?

It also shows 2 problems:

1/ When the monitored battery is not (yet) discharging, the remaining time
displayed is wrong (it showed 72000 hours last time i checked, as far as i
remember). The time displayed becomes ok as soon as the battery start to drain.

2/ Something weird: currently, according to /proc, my main battery remainging capacity is
greater than its last full capacity (i wonder why!) and that gives me a '101% AC on-line'
status, with a "panel level bar" having no color. The status and the bar
becomes ok as soon as the main battery has been drained a little.

yop@wok yop $ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info present: yes
design capacity: 71990 mWh
last full capacity: 70880 mWh
battery technology: rechargeable
design voltage: 11100 mV
design capacity warning: 3000 mWh
design capacity low: 1000 mWh
capacity granularity 1: 200 mWh
capacity granularity 2: 200 mWh
model number: DELL 4P259 serial number: 1541
battery type: LION
OEM info: Panasonic
yop@wok yop $ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state present: yes
capacity state: ok
charging state: unknown
present rate: unknown
remaining capacity: 71990 mWh
present voltage: 12476 mV


voila, hope it helps a litte
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