Henry Zhang wrote:
> 
> 
> Darren J Moffat ??:
>> Henry Zhang wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Darren J Moffat ??:
>>>> When using gkrellmd is the assumption that it should only run as a 
>>>> real end user rather than a system service ?
>>> yes, gkrellmd works only with the gkrellm client, whose IP is 
>>> provided to gkrellmd.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> For the battery support we do have interfaces to battery information 
>>>> in OpenSolaris just as the material says not APM.  I highly 
>>>> recommend that this project fix gkrellm so that it can use the APIs 
>>>> available on OpenSolaris for battery status.
>>> Do you mean "the API available on OpenSolaris" is APM?
>>
>> No I mean there is an API available for getting that information.  It 
>> is used by existing GNOME applets.
>>
>> This case should update gkrellmd to use the same API.
> 
> As I know, we have ACPI in 2008.5, but not APM, need to dig into the 
> codes to see if all is OK to call it to implement the battery support, 
> if so, will add.. Thanks...

This case should be "waiting need spec" until that is discovered.

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Darren J Moffat

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