bump...i couldn't find out if i have acpi or not...anyone have anymore ideas?

I did the modprobe apm and the battery monitor shows up but it still only shows the ac icon lit up even when it's running on battery....

i'm gonna try to find out if i have an acpi battery...

does the battery monitor simply not work with apm?

Mine is still not working. I tried the acpi=force boot option into the grub kernal line and now the battery monitor doesn't even show up. When i try the #asapm command i get this: # asapm asapm: open_apm_device_file: The file does not exist. asapm: Neither ACPI nor APM are available! in lsmod i get ...

bump... i really need help with this since i don't know how long my battery lasts and it keeps just dying on me....

I'm having the same problem as Lanin. I have a Compaq Presario 1200. The battery monitor shows up but only shows that it's connected the AC even if it isn't connected. I tihnk that it doesn't recognize my battery. I've done the modprobe battery and mod probe AC and both come up with these error mess...

To get a D-Link DWL-650 Wireless PCMCIA card to work in Puppy 4.0 Dingo follow these instructions: 1. edit /etc/pcmcia/config, in the orinoco_cs device section, change the module to hostap_cs Tha's it for the DWL-650. To get autoconnect on boot working for it or any PCMCIA card: 1. On your desktop, ...