laptop power management!

Hi,

I've just installed Ubuntu 6.06 LTS on a Toshiba Satllite
M70-S3.

I just GREAT! 

EXCEPT for power management!

I want some BELLS and WHISTLES to advice me it's time to
charge the batteries.

I'm using gnome-power manager for the time being.

It just SUSPEND or SHUTDOWN when the battery is on
CRITICAL!!! 

No WARNINGS!!!

My current kernel does not support APM.

TIA

Ricardo
Brazil

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On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:45:02 -0200
Ricardo C O Freitas <ricardocastanhouol.com.br> wrote:

> It just SUSPEND or SHUTDOWN when the battery is on
CRITICAL!!! 
> 
> No WARNINGS!!!

There's probably another way, but I use the
"gkrellm" monitor to give me
battery warnings ( sudo aptitude install gkrellm ) . Gkrellm
has a battery
monitor built in, and in the configuration under
"Battery" you can set
commands under Setup --> Alerts. You can also set
"low" limits and "low
alarm" limits ( for instance 105, 5% ). 

The commands can be whatever you prefer - I made a little
script and put
it in /usr/local/bin , like this:

#!/bin/bash
# Battery alarm sound and warning popup

xmessage "Your battery is at less than 5 percent"
&
ogg123 /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Error_1.ogg

exit 0

Of course, you can  use any sound or warning command you
prefer. The only
downside to this is that gkrellm must be running - but in my
case I always
have it running anyway, because it keeps me informed about
what the
machine is doing  The
default skin for gkrellm is kind of ugly, but
there are *lots* of skins available from

http://www.muhri.net/gk
rellm/

Peter

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On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 18:37 +1100, Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:45:02 -0200
> Ricardo C O Freitas <ricardocastanhouol.com.br> wrote:
> 
> > It just SUSPEND or SHUTDOWN when the battery is on
CRITICAL!!! 
> > 
> > No WARNINGS!!!
> 
> There's probably another way, but I use the
"gkrellm" monitor to give me
> battery warnings ( sudo aptitude install gkrellm ) .
Gkrellm has a battery
> monitor built in, and in the configuration under
"Battery" you can set
> commands under Setup --> Alerts. You can also set
"low" limits and "low
> alarm" limits ( for instance 105, 5% ). 
> 
> The commands can be whatever you prefer - I made a
little script and put
> it in /usr/local/bin , like this:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> # Battery alarm sound and warning popup
> 
> xmessage "Your battery is at less than 5
percent" &
> ogg123 /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Error_1.ogg
> 
> exit 0
> 
> Of course, you can  use any sound or warning command
you prefer. The only
> downside to this is that gkrellm must be running - but
in my case I always
> have it running anyway, because it keeps me informed
about what the
> machine is doing  The
default skin for gkrellm is kind of ugly, but
> there are *lots* of skins available from
> 
> http://www.muhri.net/gk
rellm/
> 
> Peter
> 
I'm running Dapper 6.06 LTS...
It's odd that my power managment icon showed up in the
status bar of my
laptop until my last reboot, and now it no longer shows at
all.  But,
when it was there, it seemed to work ok, except that I had
to mouse over
it to know (in text) how much power was left on the battery.
 It didn't
seem to be that accurate, though.  At one point, mousing
over would say
"you have 3 hours 45 minutes of power left"... and
then, 5 minutes later
- "you have 2 hours 12 minutes of power left"...
and then, 10 minutes
later - "You have 3 hours 58 minutes of power
left"...


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On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:53:39 -0500
John Dangler <jdangleratlantic.net> wrote:

> I'm running Dapper 6.06 LTS...
> It's odd that my power managment icon showed up in the
status bar of my
> laptop until my last reboot, and now it no longer shows
at all. 

Under System --> Preferences --> Power Management , on
the "General" tab,
there should be options for the Notification Area . For
instance you
should see "Only display when charging or
discharging" and so on.

Make sure that you have a notification area -

Right-click panel , Add to Panel - Notification Area

> But,
> when it was there, it seemed to work ok, except that I
had to mouse over
> it to know (in text) how much power was left on the
battery.  It didn't
> seem to be that accurate, though.  At one point,
mousing over would say
> "you have 3 hours 45 minutes of power
left"... and then, 5 minutes later
> - "you have 2 hours 12 minutes of power
left"... and then, 10 minutes
> later - "You have 3 hours 58 minutes of power
left"...

On my iBook, the calculation sometimes takes a few seconds
to settle down
and show a consistent value - perhaps that is what you are
seeing?

Peter

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I don't know if it counts as bells and whistles but in power
management
you can set the icon to be always visible. Then you can
always see how
much charge is left.

Duncan

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