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== Description ==  
 
== Description ==  
gkrellm-ThinkBat is meant as a replacement for the default battery meter in Gkrellm [http://www.gkrellm.net Gkrellm].  
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gkrellm-ThinkBat was meant as a replacement for the default battery meter in [[GKrellM]].  
 
It should look like default, only it optionally shows time remaining/power consumption. It currently supports only  
 
It should look like default, only it optionally shows time remaining/power consumption. It currently supports only  
one battery.  
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one battery. It is superceded by [[Gkrellm-HwMonBat]] on newer kernels which provide the /proc/acpi/battery interface.  
  
Latest version: 0.2 (2006-02-06)
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Latest version: 0.2.2 (2006-02-13)
  
 
== Prerequisites ==
 
== Prerequisites ==
  
* [http://freshmeat.net/redir/gkrellm/32404/url_homepage/www.gkrellm.net gkrellm] (packaged by most Linux distributions)
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* [[GKrellM]] (packaged by most Linux distributions)
 
* [[tp_smapi]] kernel module
 
* [[tp_smapi]] kernel module
  
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[[image:gkrellm-thinkbat.png]] [[image:gkrellm-thinkbat2.png]]
 
[[image:gkrellm-thinkbat.png]] [[image:gkrellm-thinkbat2.png]]
  
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== Bugs ==
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Please report any bugs or suggestions to [[User_talk:rasto]].
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== Patches ==
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Thomas Coppi has a patch for supporting a second battery(it will show the status of whichever battery is being charged/discharged instead of only BAT0) [http://thisnukes4u.net/files/0001-Support-a-second-battery-if-one-is-present.patch here]
  
 
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[[Category:Tools]]

Latest revision as of 10:41, 12 October 2010

Description

gkrellm-ThinkBat was meant as a replacement for the default battery meter in GKrellM. It should look like default, only it optionally shows time remaining/power consumption. It currently supports only one battery. It is superceded by Gkrellm-HwMonBat on newer kernels which provide the /proc/acpi/battery interface.

Latest version: 0.2.2 (2006-02-13)

Prerequisites

Installation

Download the tarball.

$ make
$ make install

this installs gkrellm-thinkbat.so to ~/.gkrellm2/plugins. You can copy it manually elsewhere.

Screenshot

Gkrellm-thinkbat.png Gkrellm-thinkbat2.png

Bugs

Please report any bugs or suggestions to User_talk:rasto.

Patches

Thomas Coppi has a patch for supporting a second battery(it will show the status of whichever battery is being charged/discharged instead of only BAT0) here