Try: $ apm
$ man apm Information delivered is dependent upon your bios. Mine isn't terribly useful, it reports either 80% or 10% remaining (IBM 365X P120). At least it lets me know when I have the AC adapter plugged in. DJ Nick Jennings wrote: > > Hello, > > Im using an old Dell 486 laptop, with 8mb of RAM, so X isn't > particularly fun for me to use. I'm wondering if there is a console app that > reports on the status of your battery (you know, just like: > > your battery has 52% of its juice left. > > something simple like that. If not, how would one go about making that? > what would the app be talking with to get that info? (how does the X program > do it). -- DJ Lang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mobile)
