battery icon powerpc ubuntu 9.10

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 08:57:32PM -0000, magicjoe wrote:
> New question #104565 on Ubuntu:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/104565
>
> the gnome power manager allows you to always show icon in taskbar. however on power pc architecture, this icon is always the icon for plugged in.
>
> does anyone know how to display a properly working battery display? i don't care if it has the time of battery life yet. just a little picture that fills up and depletes, and detects when its plugged in will do just fine.

I don't believe the icons are related to the architecture, that's the kernel stuff things that are presend in /proc. But anyways, have a look at this link: http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/01/16/cpu-scaling-ubuntu-battery-life-and-you-how-to-scale-your-cpu/n

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