Re: [regression] v2.6.24-rc1-497-gb1d08ac: kde battery icon gone

From: Andrey Borzenkov
Date: Sat Nov 03 2007 - 06:19:24 EST


On Saturday 03 November 2007, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > # CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS is not set
> >
> > And if you enable it (ACPI_PROCFS)?
>
> ACPI_PROCFS was newly introduced i think but without a 'default y'
> Kconfig entry. That was a mistake i think - it broke some power
> management tools on my laptop too.
>

It is not that new but battery started to make use of it only now. It provides
replacement interface via sysfs power_supply object; this should be supported
by modern power tools - at least hal/kpowersave do not have any issues.

-andrey

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