Is there a laptop battery monitoring app for Linux?

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JackED42
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Is there a laptop battery monitoring app for Linux?

#1 Post by JackED42 »

Are there any apps available that come up with a warning when battery is low on your laptop. Also if possible puts the machine to sleep.

Thanks

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#2 Post by jemimah »

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=50696

The default is to just warn you when the battery is low. But you can change it to run any script or command.

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#3 Post by JackED42 »

Thanks for quick reply. Is there a way to make it save when battery is low?
I assume if I add

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warning=exec:"COdE FOR SAVE" 
it will auto save?

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#4 Post by Béèm »

wmpoweroff maybe
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#5 Post by jemimah »

It really depends what version of Puppy you are running and what exactly you want to happen.

If you want it to suspend or hibernate, you first have to get suspend/hibernate working - and this tends to work only on newer hardware with newer kernels.

If you're running from a flash drive, and just want it to copy down the command is

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save2flash

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#6 Post by JackED42 »

jemimah wrote:It really depends what version of Puppy you are running and what exactly you want to happen.

If you want it to suspend or hibernate, you first have to get suspend/hibernate working - and this tends to work only on newer hardware with newer kernels.

If you're running from a flash drive, and just want it to copy down the command is

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save2flash


That is what I was looking for. Thanks =]

Pelo

Battery twinkles plus a message on the screen

#7 Post by Pelo »

At the bottom of the screen, the battery twinkles. A message to the screen would be needed on top of that. Do you know how to make ?
Merci.

Pelo

Yes

#8 Post by Pelo »

The frenchy Medor get the answer here : http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 763#705763.
The solution is perfect : Barks and image make you immediately take the appropriate decision !

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