ACPI time remaining

[Richard Hughes]

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 20:58:51 +0100, Ikke wrote:
>> #cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state
>> present rate:            25822 mW
> In my limited experience, on many systems one can't rely on this value
> (don't really know how to say this in English :s). The value is very
> approximate, and not updated a lot.
> But maybe I only get bad laptops in front of me ;)

On my laptop it's pretty good, do you know of a better way to calculate
the time? I was thinking of a continuous sampling of charge level over
time, but didn't think the resolution would be good enough for >2 hours of
life. 

Thanks, Richard.

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