Battery Applet

[James Gray]

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 05:11, John DeCarlo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I installed Ubuntu Breezy, then recently installed KDE (kde, kdebase,
> some others).  I made kdm the default, so now I get Kubuntu logos and
> such.
>
> But I can't find any way to get an applet to show my battery status.
>
> I figure I must have to install something else, but I have kdeutils and
> klaptopdaemon installed (only results of a search on KDE and battery).
>
> All hints accepted.

Hi John,

On my lappy, I had to do this:
1. Open Control Center (run "kcontrol")
2. Expand the "Power Control" branch and select "Laptop Battery".
3. On the "Battery" tab, select "Show battery monitor"
4. Click "Apply".

You should see a battery status icon in the system tray :)  While you're in 
the power/battery config, have a look at the other tabs for ACPI setup and 
low battery notifications etc.  FWIW, I can't use Standby or Hibernate on 
my HP nc6230 as the ATi video driver barfs and leaves me with a blank 
screen both in X/KDE and on the console (The binary "fglrx" driver, not the 
GPL'ed "ati" driver that is) .

Cheers,

James
-- 
After your lover has gone you will still have PEANUT BUTTER!
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