My laptop indicator lights show when battery is charging or discharging but the OS doesn't.
Installed several battery monitors using package manager and none worked. Searching revealed that I needed to recompile the kernel, so I Googled some more. D'oh! Mint comes with a battery monitor. Tried 'Add to Panel' but no battery monitor is among the items listed.
The Power Manager Preferences dialog box has two tabs: 'On AC Power' and 'General'. Yes, I checked: the laptop has a battery.
acpi -V returned no battery info.
Version 9, 32 bit main edition.
New Toshiba satellite L640 laptop
Beginner (but not clueless!) Linux user. Been playing in the terminal on my netbook for the past few months learning some basic tools: sed, awk, grep, find, bash scripts, etc. PC user since before IBM introduced the 'PC', professional (or so I liked to think) DOS and windows software developer for 18 years.
Power Management applet doesn't see my battery
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Power Management applet doesn't see my battery
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Re: Power Management applet doesn't see my battery
You probably accidentally removed the power manager applet from the panel. (Search Google for questions along this vein)
I have two Toshiba Satellite laptops, and both of them display the battery applets on the panel.
I have two Toshiba Satellite laptops, and both of them display the battery applets on the panel.