2006-03-20T12:20:22Z

Lepetitfou:

Could the author please upload the screenshot to the Wiki and not link to a self-signed <nowiki>https://</nowiki> URL?

I'm sure the ThinkWiki server admin is happy that the bandwidth for the screenshot gets sponsered, but still, it's a bit annoying and confusing why a user should accept a SSL certificate while browsing a non-SSL Wiki about Thinkpads.

--[[User:Spiney|spiney]] 07:43, 23 Nov 2005 (CET)
----

if anybody interested.. i just built RPMs of it for SuSE 10 (i386)..
http://f-seidel.de/packages/sl10.0-i586/
[[User:Tuxbox]]

== Thanks for the package ==

Could you please inform me if you build new packages, too, so than I can provide a download link from [https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/KThinkBat KThinkBat's Homepage]. Thank you.

== Feedback ==

KThinkBad 0.1.5 rc2 works perfectly here (T43, FC4). Great work!

How about an option to draw the battery upright? I use a pretty high kicker (5 rows of tasklist), so there's a lot of wasted space under the battery; having it the battery drawn vertically would use that space and free up some horizontal size.

--[[User:Thinker|Thinker]] 02:48, 31 January 2006 (CET)

Good idea. -- TR
----

Please mail Feedback related to KThinkBat (Bugs, Enhancements, ...) directly to le.petit.fou at web dot de.

Ibm-acpi

2006-02-17T13:36:48Z

Lepetitfou:

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
=== ibm-acpi - IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver ===
This is a Linux ACPI driver for the IBM ThinkPad laptops written by Borislav Deianov. It aims to support various features of these laptops which are accessible through the ACPI framework but not otherwise supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers. As a kernel module, ibm-acpi works as a bridge to deliver information about certain hardware events like key presses or control the state of certain hardware features by software.
|}

=== Features ===
*triggers ACPI Events for
** [[How_to_get_special_keys_to_work | Fn key combinations]] ({{key|Fn}}{{key|F1}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F2}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F3}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F4}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F5}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F6}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F7}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F8}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F9}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F10}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F11}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F12}})
** [[UltraBay]] device eject
** Display lid, Power button, Undock button
*enables software control of
** Bluetooth
** Video output switching, video expansion control
** Docking and undocking (limited)
** Fan (on most models, only enable/disable; speed control is added by a further [[Patch for controlling fan speed|patch]])
** Volume
** LCD Brightness
** [[ThinkLight]]
** LEDs
** [[Error Codes and Beep Codes|Beep]] codes
** Several CMOS states
* can show values of
** [[Thermal Sensors|Eight temperature sensors]]
** Embedded Controler registers
** Fan status and speed

Some of these features are available only when the module is loaded with the <tt>experimental=1</tt> option. To enable it, add the following to {{path|/etc/modprobe.conf}} (or your distribution's equivalent):
options ibm_acpi experimental=1

=== Project Homepage / Availability ===
* Homepage: http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/
* ibm-acpi is included with the Linux kernel since 2.6.10.

=== Status ===
In development, usable, author does not reply to patch proposals.

Even if you have disable the BIOS setting for automatically dimming at battery power, after using the brightness switch of ibm-acpi, the auto-dimming behavior is enabled. So, if you need a bright display even on battery power, you should not set any brightness via /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness.

=== Packages ===
*[[:Category:Debian | Debian]] Packages: http://debian.isg.ee.ethz.ch/public/
*[[:Category:Gentoo | Gentoo]] ebuild: http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=app-laptop;name=ibm-acpi

=== Application support===
* [http://www.gkrellm.net GKrellM] supports fan and thermal information
* [http://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/archives/38-Created-gaim-thinklight.html gaim-thinklight] is a gaim plugin which makes the [[ThinkLight]] blink, when a message arrives.
* [http://www.chris-lamb.co.uk/code/gaim-lightthink/ gaim-lightthink] is an alternative to gaim-thinklight.
* [http://hunz.org/ rocklight] is a xmms visualization plugin that makes the ThinkLight flash to the beat of your music. The package also includes a standalone stroboscope mode program.
* [http://www.zolnott.de/software/applications/ibm-acpi-applet-for-gnome-210-and-higher.html IBM ACPI applet] is a small gnome panel applet which shows the fan speed and thermal informations
* [[ACPI fan control script|ACPI fan control scripts]] can be used to control the system fan according to system temperatures (overriding the firmware)

=== Interesting links related to this project ===
* [http://ibm-acpi.sf.net ibm-acpi Sourceforge project summary]
* [http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad Linux-Thinkpad Mailinglist]
* [http://acpi.sourceforge.net acpi.sourceforge.net]
* [http://www.kernel.org www.kernel.org]

[[Category:Drivers]]
[[Category:770X]] [[Category:770Z]] [[Category:A20m]] [[Category:A20p]] [[Category:A20m]] [[Category:A20p]] [[Category:A21e]] [[Category:A21m]] [[Category:A21p]] [[Category:A22e]] [[Category:A22m]] [[Category:A22p]] [[Category:G40]] [[Category:G41]] [[Category:R30]] [[Category:R31]] [[Category:R32]] [[Category:R40]] [[Category:R40e]] [[Category:R50]] [[Category:R50p]] [[Category:R51]] [[Category:R52]] [[Category:T20]] [[Category:T21]] [[Category:T22]] [[Category:T23]] [[Category:T30]] [[Category:T40]] [[Category:T40p]] [[Category:T41]] [[Category:T41p]] [[Category:T42]] [[Category:T42p]] [[Category:T43]] [[Category:T43p]] [[Category:X20]] [[Category:X21]] [[Category:X22]] [[Category:X23]] [[Category:X24]] [[Category:X30]] [[Category:X31]] [[Category:X40]] [[Category:X41]] [[Category:X41 Tablet]] [[Category:TransNote]]
[[de:ibm-acpi]]

Ibm-acpi

2006-02-17T13:36:06Z

Lepetitfou:

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
=== ibm-acpi - IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver ===
This is a Linux ACPI driver for the IBM ThinkPad laptops written by Borislav Deianov. It aims to support various features of these laptops which are accessible through the ACPI framework but not otherwise supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers. As a kernel module, ibm-acpi works as a bridge to deliver information about certain hardware events like key presses or control the state of certain hardware features by software.
|}

=== Features ===
*triggers ACPI Events for
** [[How_to_get_special_keys_to_work | Fn key combinations]] ({{key|Fn}}{{key|F1}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F2}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F3}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F4}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F5}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F6}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F7}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F8}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F9}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F10}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F11}}, {{key|Fn}}{{key|F12}})
** [[UltraBay]] device eject
** Display lid, Power button, Undock button
*enables software control of
** Bluetooth
** Video output switching, video expansion control
** Docking and undocking (limited)
** Fan (on most models, only enable/disable; speed control is added by a further [[Patch for controlling fan speed|patch]])
** Volume
** LCD Brightness
** [[ThinkLight]]
** LEDs
** [[Error Codes and Beep Codes|Beep]] codes
** Several CMOS states
* can show values of
** [[Thermal Sensors|Eight temperature sensors]]
** Embedded Controler registers
** Fan status and speed

Some of these features are available only when the module is loaded with the <tt>experimental=1</tt> option. To enable it, add the following to {{path|/etc/modprobe.conf}} (or your distribution's equivalent):
options ibm_acpi experimental=1

=== Project Homepage / Availability ===
* Homepage: http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/
* ibm-acpi is included with the Linux kernel since 2.6.10.

=== Status ===
In development, usable, author does not reply to patch proposals.

Also if you have disable the BIOS setting for automatically dimming at battery power, after using the brightness switch of ibm-acpi, the auto-dimming behavior is enabled. So, if you need a bright display even on battery power, you should not set any brightness via /proc/acpi/ibm/brightness.

=== Packages ===
*[[:Category:Debian | Debian]] Packages: http://debian.isg.ee.ethz.ch/public/
*[[:Category:Gentoo | Gentoo]] ebuild: http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=app-laptop;name=ibm-acpi

=== Application support===
* [http://www.gkrellm.net GKrellM] supports fan and thermal information
* [http://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/archives/38-Created-gaim-thinklight.html gaim-thinklight] is a gaim plugin which makes the [[ThinkLight]] blink, when a message arrives.
* [http://www.chris-lamb.co.uk/code/gaim-lightthink/ gaim-lightthink] is an alternative to gaim-thinklight.
* [http://hunz.org/ rocklight] is a xmms visualization plugin that makes the ThinkLight flash to the beat of your music. The package also includes a standalone stroboscope mode program.
* [http://www.zolnott.de/software/applications/ibm-acpi-applet-for-gnome-210-and-higher.html IBM ACPI applet] is a small gnome panel applet which shows the fan speed and thermal informations
* [[ACPI fan control script|ACPI fan control scripts]] can be used to control the system fan according to system temperatures (overriding the firmware)

=== Interesting links related to this project ===
* [http://ibm-acpi.sf.net ibm-acpi Sourceforge project summary]
* [http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad Linux-Thinkpad Mailinglist]
* [http://acpi.sourceforge.net acpi.sourceforge.net]
* [http://www.kernel.org www.kernel.org]

[[Category:Drivers]]
[[Category:770X]] [[Category:770Z]] [[Category:A20m]] [[Category:A20p]] [[Category:A20m]] [[Category:A20p]] [[Category:A21e]] [[Category:A21m]] [[Category:A21p]] [[Category:A22e]] [[Category:A22m]] [[Category:A22p]] [[Category:G40]] [[Category:G41]] [[Category:R30]] [[Category:R31]] [[Category:R32]] [[Category:R40]] [[Category:R40e]] [[Category:R50]] [[Category:R50p]] [[Category:R51]] [[Category:R52]] [[Category:T20]] [[Category:T21]] [[Category:T22]] [[Category:T23]] [[Category:T30]] [[Category:T40]] [[Category:T40p]] [[Category:T41]] [[Category:T41p]] [[Category:T42]] [[Category:T42p]] [[Category:T43]] [[Category:T43p]] [[Category:X20]] [[Category:X21]] [[Category:X22]] [[Category:X23]] [[Category:X24]] [[Category:X30]] [[Category:X31]] [[Category:X40]] [[Category:X41]] [[Category:X41 Tablet]] [[Category:TransNote]]
[[de:ibm-acpi]]

KThinkBat

2006-02-05T14:55:53Z

KThinkBat

2006-01-30T11:28:12Z

Lepetitfou: Patches are no longer needed because there is a newer version

Tp smapi

2006-01-22T01:42:48Z

Lepetitfou: /* Model-specific status */

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |The <tt>tp_smapi</tt> kernel module exposes some features of the ThinkPad's [[SMAPI support for Linux|SMAPI]] functionality via a <tt>sysfs</tt> interface. Currently, the implemented functionality is control of battery charging, extended battery status and control of CD/DVD speed (disabled by default).

For old ThinkPad models, see also [[tpctl]].

{{WARN|This driver uses undocumented features and direct hardware access. They thus cannot be guaranteed to work, and may cause arbitrary damage (though so far none was reported)..}}

|}

===Features===
*Battery charge/discharge control
*Battery status information
*Optical drive speed control

===Project Homepage / Availability===
* Project page: http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/
* You need to download only the [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1212&package_id=171579 tp_smapi kernel module].

===Installation===
For testing, you can simply compile and load the driver within the current
working directory:
:{{cmdroot|tar xzvf tp_smapi-0.16.tgz}}
:{{cmdroot|cd tp_smapi-0.16}}
:{{cmdroot|make load}}

To compile and install into the kernel's module path:
:{{cmdroot|make install}}

If you use the [[HDAPS]] driver, add <tt>HDAPS=1</tt> to also patch the <tt>hdaps</tt> for compatibility with <tt>tp_smapi</tt> (this requires a kernel source tree):
:{{cmdroot|1=make load HDAPS=1}}   or   {{cmdroot|1=make install HDAPS=1}}

To prepare a stand-alone patch against the current kernel tree (including
a compatibility fixes to <tt>hdaps</tt> and <tt>Kconfig</tt> entries):
:{{cmdroot|make patch}}

To delete all autogenerated files:
:{{cmdroot|make clean}}

The original kernel tree is never modified by any these commands.
The {{path|/lib/modules}} directory is modified only by {{cmdroot|make install}}.

===Battery charge control features===
To set the thresholds for starting and stopping battery charging (in percent of current full charge capacity):
:{{cmdroot|echo 40 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/start_charge_thresh}}
:{{cmdroot|echo 70 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/stop_charge_thresh}}
:{{cmdroot|cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/*_charge_thresh}}
{{HINT|Battery charging thresholds can be used to keep Li-Ion ad Li-Polymer batteries partially charged, in order to [[Maintenance#Battery_Treatment|increase their lifetime]].}}
To unconditionally inhibit charging for 17 minutes:
:{{cmdroot|echo 17 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/inhibit_charge_minutes}}
{{HINT|Charge inhibiting can be used to reduce the power draw of the laptop, in order to use a an under-spec power supply that can't handle the combined power draw of running and charging. It can also be used to control which battery is charged when [[How to use UltraBay batteries|using an Ultrabay battery]].}}

To cancel charge inhibiting:
:{{cmdroot|echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/inhibit_charge_minutes}}

To force battery discharging even if connected to AC, use one of these:
:{{cmdroot|echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/force_discharge}}
{{HINT|This can be used to choose which battery is discharged when [[How to use UltraBay batteries|using an UltraBay battery]].}}

To cancel forced discharge:
:{{cmdroot|echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/force_discharge}}

===Battery status features===
To view extended battery status such as charging state, voltage, current, capacity, cycle count and model information:

<pre>
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/installed
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/state # idle/charging/discharging
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/cycle_count
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/current_now # instantaneous current
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/current_avg # last minute average
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/power_now # instantaneous power
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/power_avg # last minute average
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/last_full_capacity
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/remaining_capacity
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/design_capacity
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/voltage
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/design_voltage
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/manufacturer
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/model
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/serial
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/barcoding
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/chemistry
# cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/ac_connected
</pre>

The raw status data is also available, including some fields not listed above (in case you can figure them out):

:{{cmdroot|cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/dump}}

In all of the above, replace <tt>BAT0</tt> with <tt>BAT1</tt> to address the 2nd battery.

Note that the battery status readout conflicts with the stock [[HDAPS|hdaps]] driver, so if you use <tt>hdaps</tt> you will need to load <tt>tp_smapi</tt> using {{cmdroot|1=make load HDAPS=1}} (see [[#Conflict_with_hdaps|Conflict with hdaps]] below).

===Optical drive control features===

To control the speed of the optical drive:
:{{cmdroot|echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/cd_speed # slow}}
:{{cmdroot|echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/cd_speed # medium}}
:{{cmdroot|echo 2 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/cd_speed # fast}}
:{{cmdroot|cat /sys/devices/platform/smapi/cd_speed}}

=====Enabling this feature=====
Changing the drive speed when a disc is being accessed will hang your computer. This feature is thus '''disabled by default''', but can be enabled using by adding <tt>#define PROVIDE_CD_SPEED</tt> at the top of <tt>tp_smapi.c</tt>. The safe way to set the drive speed is using <tt>hdparm -E num</tt> or <tt>eject -x num</tt> for CD-ROM, and <tt>speedcontrol -x num</tt> (sourcecode [http://safari.iki.fi/speedcontrol.c here]) for DVD. For kernels older than 2.6.15, this may require the [[Problems_with_SATA_and_Linux#No_SMART_support libata pass-through|libata pass-through patch]].

===Other features===
Other things that can be controlled through SMAPI, but are not supported in this version of the driver, include forcing battery discharge, PCI bus power saving, CPU power saving control and fan control. See the included README file for more information.

===Conflict with <tt>hdaps</tt>===
The extended battery status function conflicts with the [[HDAPS|hdaps]] kernel module (they use the same IO ports).

You can use <tt>HDAPS=1</tt> (see [[#Installation|Installation]]) to get a patched version of <tt>hdaps</tt> which is compatible with <tt>tp_smapi</tt>.

Otherwise:

If you load <tt>hdaps</tt> first, <tt>tp_smapi</tt> will disable its battery status functions (and log a message in the kernel log). If you load <tt>tp_smapi</tt> first, <tt>hdaps</tt> will refuse to load. To switch between the two, <tt>rmmod</tt> both and then load one you need.

Some of the battery status is also visible through ACPI ({{path|/proc/acpi/battery/*}}).

The charging control files (<tt>*_charge_thresh</tt>, <tt>inhibit_charge_minutes</tt> and <tt>force_discharge*</tt>) don't have this problem.

===Model-specific status===

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|+<tt>tp_smapi</tt> feature support matrix
|-
! ×
! <tt>start_charge_ thresh</tt>
! <tt>stop_charge_ thresh</tt>
! <tt>inhbit_charge_ minutes</tt>
! <tt>force_discharge</tt>
! battery status files (see [[#Conflict_with_hdaps|note about <tt>hdaps</tt>]] above)
! <tt>cd_speed</tt> (see [[#Enabling_this_feature|note]] above)
|-
! colspan=7 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" | G series
|-
! {{G41}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}}|| {{Cyes}}
|-
! colspan=7 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" | R series
|-
! {{R40}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}}|| {{Cyes}}
|-
! {{R50}}
| {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cunk}}
|-
! {{R50p}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cyes}}
|-
! {{R51}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cunk}}
|-
! {{R52}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}}|| {{Cyes}}
|-
! colspan=7 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" | T series
|-
! {{T22}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}}
|-
! {{T23}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cunk}}
|-
! {{T40}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cyes}}
|-
! {{T40p}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cyes}}
|-
! {{T41}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cyes}}
|-
! {{T41p}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}}|| {{Cyes}}
|-
! {{T42}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cyes}}
|-
! {{T42p}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}}|| {{Cunk}}
|-
! {{T43}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cyes}}
|-
! {{T43p}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cyes}}
|-
! colspan=7 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef;" | X series
|-
! {{X24}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cunk}}
|-
! {{X31}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cunk}}
|-
! {{X32}}
| {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cunk}}|| {{Cunk}}
|-
! {{X40}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cno}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cunk}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cunk}}
|-
! {{X41}}
| {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}} || {{Cyes}}|| {{Cunk}}
|}

Please update the above and report your experience on the [[Talk:tp_smapi|discussion]] page. If the module loads but gives a "<tt>not supported</tt>" or "<tt>not implementeded</tt>" when you try to use some specific file in {{path|/sys/devices/platform/smapi/}}, please report the <tt>dmesg</tt> output and whether the corresponding functionality is available under Windows - maybe your ThinkPad just can't do that.

[[Category:Drivers]] [[Category:Patches]]

===Tools using this driver===

The driver's interface can be accessed directly through the files under {{path|/sys/devices/platform/smapi}}, or via the following tools:
* [[KThinkBat]] - display battery status on the KDE <tt>kicker</tt> panel.

KThinkBat

2006-01-21T00:17:28Z

Lepetitfou:

==Description==

[https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/KThinkBat KThinkBat] is a laptop battery monitor for the KDE-Kicker. It is inspired by the Windows Application "Battery Maximizer" which is included with ThinkPads.

On ThinkPads it uses the SMAPI BIOS through the [[tp_smapi]] driver. It shows you the current power consumption of the laptop and brings support for a second battery.

Homepage: https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/KThinkBat

Author: [https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/wiki/bin/view/Main/TobiasRoeser Tobias Roeser]

Latest Version (2006/01/19): 0.1.5_beta1

==Screenshot==

[[Image:KThinkBat.png]]

Offline Mode: You see how much power left and how much is consumed at the moment.

[[Image:KThinkBat_ac.png]]

Online Mode: You see the loading-power.

==Installation==

KThinkBat uses the autotools. For a standard installation use

./configure
make
su -c 'make install'

==Gentoo==
You can use the the ebuild from this [https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/svn/portage-overlay-lefou/trunk/ portage overlay], category/package: [https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/svn/portage-overlay-lefou/trunk/app-laptop app-laptop]/[https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/svn/portage-overlay-lefou/trunk/app-laptop/kthinkbat kthinkbat].

==Patches==

Here's a small patch that changes the color of the current power consumtion text to white ( for dark background). Furthermore it changes the battery gauge's size (looks nicer if you place the kicker vertical).

!! This patch is made for kthinkbat 0.1.4 !!

<pre>
diff -ur kthinkbat.orig/src/kthinkbat.cpp kthinkbat/src/kthinkbat.cpp
--- kthinkbat.orig/src/kthinkbat.cpp 2005-12-15 22:54:28.000000000 +0100
+++ kthinkbat/src/kthinkbat.cpp 2005-12-15 23:32:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
void KThinkBat::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* event)
{
// Werte fr Gauge und Rand
- QSize gaugeFill(40, 18);
+ QSize gaugeFill(40, 14);
QSize gHalfDot(4, 4);
QSize offset(4, 4);

@@ -135,9 +135,10 @@
painter.drawPolyline(border);

// Prozent-Anzeige
- painter.drawText( offset.width() + 12, offset.height() + gaugeFill.height() - 5, QString().number(batValue));
+ painter.drawText( offset.width() + 14, offset.height() + gaugeFill.height() - 2, QString().number(batValue));

// aktueller Verbrauch in W
+ painter.setPen ( "white" );
painter.drawText( offset.width(), offset.height() + gaugeFill.height() + 12, QString().number((mWH + 500)/1000) + " " + unity );

painter.end();
</pre>

==Download==

* [https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/KThinkBat#Download Download from the KThinkBat Site]

[[Category:Tools]] [[Category:Gentoo]]

KThinkBat

2006-01-21T00:17:10Z

Lepetitfou:

==Description==

[https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/KThinkBat KThinkBat] is a laptop battery monitor for the KDE-Kicker. It is inspired by the Windows Application "Battery Maximizer" which is included with ThinkPads.

On ThinkPads it uses the SMAPI BIOS through the [[tp_smapi]] driver. It shows you the current power consumption of the laptop and brings support for a second battery.

Homepage: https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/KThinkBat

Author: [https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/wiki/bin/view/Main/TobiasRoeser Tobias Roeser]

Latest Version (2006/01/19): 0.1.5_beta1

==Screenshot==

[[Image:KThinkBat.png]]

Offline Mode: You see how much power left and how much is consumed at the moment.

[[Image:KThinkBat_ac.png]]

Online Mode: You see the loading-power.

==Installation==

KThinkBat uses the autotools. For a standard installation use

./configure
make
su -c 'make install'

==Gentoo==
You can use the the ebuild from this [https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/svn/portage-overlay-lefou/trunk/ portage overlay], category/package: [https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/svn/portage-overlay-lefou/trunk/app-laptop app-laptop]/[https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/svn/portage-overlay-lefou/trunk/app-laptop/kthinkbat kthinkbat].

==Patches==

Here's a small patch that changes the color of the current power consumtion text to white ( for dark background). Furthermore it changes the battery gauge's size (looks nicer if you place the kicker vertical).

!! This patch is made for kthinkbat 0.1.4 !!

<pre>
diff -ur kthinkbat.orig/src/kthinkbat.cpp kthinkbat/src/kthinkbat.cpp
--- kthinkbat.orig/src/kthinkbat.cpp 2005-12-15 22:54:28.000000000 +0100
+++ kthinkbat/src/kthinkbat.cpp 2005-12-15 23:32:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
void KThinkBat::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* event)
{
// Werte fr Gauge und Rand
- QSize gaugeFill(40, 18);
+ QSize gaugeFill(40, 14);
QSize gHalfDot(4, 4);
QSize offset(4, 4);

@@ -135,9 +135,10 @@
painter.drawPolyline(border);

// Prozent-Anzeige
- painter.drawText( offset.width() + 12, offset.height() + gaugeFill.height() - 5, QString().number(batValue));
+ painter.drawText( offset.width() + 14, offset.height() + gaugeFill.height() - 2, QString().number(batValue));

// aktueller Verbrauch in W
+ painter.setPen ( "white" );
painter.drawText( offset.width(), offset.height() + gaugeFill.height() + 12, QString().number((mWH + 500)/1000) + " " + unity );

painter.end();
</pre>

==Download==

* [https://lepetitfou.dyndns.org/KThinkBat Download from the KThinkBat Site]

[[Category:Tools]] [[Category:Gentoo]]

2005-11-19T17:03:24Z

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2005-11-17T21:47:08Z

Lepetitfou:

17.11.2005: [[KThinkBat|KThinkBat 0.1.3]] is a better looking battery applet for the [http://www.kde.org/ KDE]-Kicker.

28.10.2005: The newly released [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.14 linux-2.6.14] contains trackpoint and HDAPS support.

25.09.2005: ThinkWiki just got one year old (yesterday, actually).

10.09.2005: The [[Patch to enable advanced trackpoint configuration|TrackPoint driver]] has made it in the 2.6 kernel.