RSS Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 Hi everyone! Was hoping my first post here could have been one of victory but I am honestly getting my butt kicked! I am hoping someone might be able to give me some assiistance with this but if not, atleast I can vent for a moment. Here is my story... 1. downloaded Mandrake 10.0 (4 disks) 2. easy install on my laptop with most major components working 3. once settled in, notice laptop won't power down on it's own and no battery monitor 4. using boot control panel I enable ACPI and reboot 5. laptop now turns off on it's own but still no battery monitor 6. check for battery monitor applet option at panel-none shown 7. check for battery under KDE power control-none (just monitor) 8. type acpi -d in konsole and get both battery temp and state of charge 9. check for related RPMs on disks-find none 10. check lilo.conf for ACPI and find none-add ACPI=on to appropriate lines-no change Linux 10.0 ISOs-free Time installing and troubleshooting-free Loss of large clumps of hair due to ACPI-priceless AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa [end rant] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 Welcome to the board! It's a bit strange that it didn't install the laptop daemon, but that's not a big issue. Open a console and su to root (type su <enter> then enter your root password and press enter) type this: urpmi kdeutils-common Since you mentioned KDE. After that installs, rt click on kicker, choose add > applet and there should be an entry there for the laptop battery monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSS Posted July 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 Liquid, ever seen a grown man cry? :D Man, I screwed with this thing all that time and that's all it took. I searched all over the place too! Thanks for the help and the welcome, they are appreciated. Good news is that I managed to learn a lot as a result of this. Thanks! Welcome to the board! It's a bit strange that it didn't install the laptop daemon, but that's not a big issue. Open a console and su to root (type su <enter> then enter your root password and press enter) type this: urpmi kdeutils-common Since you mentioned KDE. After that installs, rt click on kicker, choose add > applet and there should be an entry there for the laptop battery monitor. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 Glad I could help you out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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