grlm Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 I have Acer TravelMate 4000 notebook. (pm1.5/1024/60Gb/Intel855). How can I see the battery level? Is it possible? Screenshot -- System Preferencies->Energy Saver->Options Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1404-battery-level-at-ma-laptop/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoFreak Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 if you used platform=X86PC at startup, you won't be able to see the battery level. it seems that if you fix one thing, another thing breaks... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1404-battery-level-at-ma-laptop/#findComment-9339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grlm Posted August 30, 2005 Author Share Posted August 30, 2005 if you used platform=X86PC at startup, you won't be able to see the battery level. it seems that if you fix one thing, another thing breaks... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, I'm not used X86PC. If I turn it on Processor performance listbox will be disabled Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1404-battery-level-at-ma-laptop/#findComment-9560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuri1312 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Hello. Since Basically the core of OS X is BSD Based, I suppose the battery meter problem happens due to the same reason it happens on linux. I had this very same problem on my Aspire 1694 WLMi running gentoo, and the problem was due to a faulty DSDT on my laptop. The Solution....patch the kernel to support loading of external DSDT's over the initrd boot loader command and load a 3rd party compatible DSDT from acpi.sf.net voila it works! (under gentoo linux for x86) This apparently is a common problem with some ACPI compatible laptops on linux and usually the best solution is the above, so I believe the best approach would be to somehow integrate this into os x. I would also be very interested to have this functionality working under osx86 since it's really a pain not being able to know how much battery charge you have left I suppose by the time Apple releases Intel Based Laptops this bug will probably be fixed, but untill then if someone wants to comment on possible solutions or even start a project, I'd be happy to help. Yuri Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1404-battery-level-at-ma-laptop/#findComment-9952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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