Dr. David Kirkby wrote: >> I suspect that due to one reason or another the GNOME >> applet polls the >> device state at intervals, and does not actually hook >> anything or >> receive events of changed state, as Vista and OSX's >> applets do. I'm not >> aware of the technicals but due to concern for >> efficiency, I could see >> why currently it'd be an issue to have it poll at a >> reasonable pace. >> >> James > > > Yes, I guess that is a reasonable possibility. > > It would be nice if the frequency of updates was increased after a change was > detected. i.e. Update every 30 s or so, but if an "event" (new battery put > in, power removed, applied, machine just booted) then the updates took place > every 3 seconds for the next minute. If I've just pulled one battery out, > there is a good change I intend putting another in - especially if I want to > check the charge level on several. Likewise, if the machine has just booted, > I'd probably want to know soon what the battery level is. > > But obviously a better solution is the one like windows, where the updates > are "instant" all the time. >
Actually, the applet handles the battery events asynchronously. I don't see the long time before handling the events as you. It is almost instantaneously on the Sony Vaio I have. Does prstat show any cpu issues before and after removing the battery/ac? Phi > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org
