[ltp] Power drain.

[René Castberg]

Hmmmm, seems my reply never turned up in the list.
Anyway, the method mentioned by Jordi was what i was looking for. Turns
out i was looking in the wrong place.
This way i can try and find out if i can maximise my batter some or
other way. (although i will probably have to wait til after my exams...)

Thanks

Rene

On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 17:12, Jordi G. March wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> if you use ACPI, you can check how many miliWatts/hour remain at:
> /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state
> 
> As an example, I've got right now (batt. fully charged) 35070mWh. 
> Maybe that way you can check more properly which source is draining
> most.
> 
> Regards,
> Jordi
> 
> El lun, 12-04-2004 a las 05:53, Martin Man escribió: 
> > On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 10:38:22AM +0100, René Castberg wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I have linux installed on my ipaq, and one fo the features that i lik=
e
> > > is the ability to see how much the power drain it, so i can relativel=
y
> > > quickly see if putting the backlight on will drain the battery quick.=
 Is
> > > this possible to see on the T40? It would be nice so that i can see i=
f
> > > there is any substantial effect on the power drain by disabling certa=
in
> > > features on the laptop. (wifi, pcmcia etc etc)
> > 
> > Unfortunatelly I don't know about any such software which can tell you =
this,
> > but I was already planning to hack gnome-battery applet to show time el=
apsed
> > on battery, so that I can at least mesure how the batery is doing...
> > 
> > > Thanks
> > > Rene
> > 
> > sincerly,
> > martin
> 
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