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Title: Charge_percentage
Post by: clofland on March 29, 2006, 10:04:13 am

What happened to /proc/driver/battery/charge_percentage ???

I was using it in some of my scripts.

Can I bring it back?

If not, what should be used instead?

I see /proc/driver/battery/sharpsl_main_battery_voltage, but I'm not sure how to convert those numbers to a "percent of full" number for my scripts.

The battery meter must be using something, right? I supposed I should go look at the code.

Title: Charge_percentage
Post by: desertrat on March 29, 2006, 10:21:45 am

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What happened to /proc/driver/battery/charge_percentage ???

I was using it in some of my scripts.

Can I bring it back?

If not, what should be used instead?

On my C3100 /proc/apm holds the battery percentage charge.

-- cheers

Title: Charge_percentage
Post by: 0xDEADBEEF on March 29, 2006, 06:03:19 pm

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What happened to /proc/driver/battery/charge_percentage ???

I was using it in some of my scripts.

Can I bring it back?

If not, what should be used instead?

On my C3100 /proc/apm holds the battery percentage charge.

-- cheers
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Yeah, except on mine it shows 255% charge.

Title: Charge_percentage
Post by: desertrat on March 29, 2006, 08:22:11 pm

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On my C3100 /proc/apm holds the battery percentage charge.

Yeah, except on mine it shows 255% charge.

Mine too if it's running off the power supply. Have you tried it whilst running off the battery?

-- cheers

Title: Charge_percentage
Post by: clofland on March 30, 2006, 01:03:34 pm

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On my C3100 /proc/apm holds the battery percentage charge.

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Thanks! That works great on my 760 too.

Yeah, it shows 255% when plugged in, but that is ok. It goes to 100% as soon as I pull the plug. That seems like a "feature" to me. I know that over 100% means "on AC power" and so I can use all the juice I want to.

I have scripts kicked off by atd that run periodically. I have them set to shut themselves down and the entire atd service if power goes below a certain level so I don't find a dead Z when I need it.