iPup - no battery module? (SOLVED)

[cindyq]

I'm running iPup (http://www.toddrichardson.com/ipup/index.html) and Puppy 1.07 on a Dell Latitude laptop P133 with 128MB of memory.

Both were installed on the hard drive (along with Windows XP) by copying files from the ISO.

The battery meter on Gkrellm works on Puppy 1.07 but not iPup.

Can anyone tell me why?

Below is output from modprobe and wmpower.

iPup

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sh-3.00# modprobe battery
FATAL: Error inserting battery (/lib/modules/2.6.18.1/kernel/drivers/acpi/batter                              y.ko): No such device
sh-3.00# 
sh-3.00# wmpower

Welcome to wmpower version 0.3.1...
No power management subsystem detected

wmpower: No power management support...
sh-3.00# 

Puppy 1.07

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# modprobe battery 
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.29/modules.dep
/lib/modules/2.4.29/acpi/battery.o.gz: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.29/acpi/battery.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.29/acpi/battery.o.gz failed
/lib/modules/2.4.29/acpi/battery.o.gz: insmod battery failed

# wmpower

Welcome to wmpower version 0.3.1...
detected APM subsystem

[kkpity]

I do not know why is not working for you, but I'm using the following tips on my puppy 2.12 and they are working fine for me:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... ry&t=13620

Good luck!

kkpity

[cindyq]

Thanks for the reply, kkpity.

Trouble is

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modprobe battery

in iPup returns an error. Maybe the battery module isn't present and cannot be loaded? Anyone have any suggestions?

[marksouth2000]

The ACPI support changed in recent kernels, somewhere about 2.6.18.early IIRR.

Please try booting with

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acpi=force

to check that you have ACPI enabled. Your inability to modprobe battery suggests not.

Also boot normally and try "modprobe apm", if that succeeds then ACPI is disabled, since apm and acpi are mutually exclusive.

[cindyq]

Thank you marksouth2000!

modprobe apm worked!