Re: [2.5.66] APM loses track of batteries

[DevilKin]

On Monday 07 April 2003 23:11, Thomas Hood wrote:
> With two batteries inserted you see:
> > devilkin@laptop:~$ cat /proc/apm
> > 1.16ac 1.2 0x03 0x01 0xff 0x10 -1% -1 ?
>
> I think the problem is that your firmware doesn't know how
> to report battery status when two batteries are installed.
> When you momentarily remove one of the two batteries,
> the firmware is momentarily able to report the state of the
> remaining battery.
>
> My guess is that the only solution is to use ACPI.

Unfortunately, this works flawlessly under 2.4.20. With APM. So I really doubt 
this...

DK