On 12 January 2014 00:57, Alexandre <ac586133@...> wrote:
>> From: robertpeters9@...
>> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 20:31:35 +1000
>> To: trinity-users@...
>> Subject: Re: [trinity-users] Battery level indicator
>
>>
>> On 9 January 2014 19:04, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <office@...> wrote:
>> > Am Donnerstag, 9. Januar 2014 schrieb Robert Peters:
>> >> Hello,
>> >> Does someone know how to display a battery level indicator in the
>> >> taskbar? I have installed kde-guidance-powermanager-trinity,
>> >> klaptopdaemon-trinity, kpowersave-trinity, and laptop-mode-tools but
>> >> haven't found how to do it.
>> >> My taskbar does have an icon for configuring kpowersave.
>> >> Robert
>>
>> > On my notebooks the battery level indicator shows up when I disconnect
>> > the powerline, but not while loading.
>> >
>> > Nik
>>
>>
>> On mine it doesn't, so something must be missing or misconfigured :-(
>>
>
> The behaviour of the battery indicator is different in KDE4 and in TDE.
> On KDE4, you can right-click on the notification area to choose what it to
> be shown, but on TDE, these programs has to be started seperately.
>
> If I remember well, kpowersave (or tdepowersave) has the same behaviour as
> kmix.
> To see it the first time, it has to be started from the K menu, then it
> should show up in the notification area.
> After that, it should be there at the following reboots.
>
> Tell us if it works for you!
> -Alexandre


Thank you!  All I had to do was quit kpowersave, then restart it from
the menu.  Now the icon shows plugged in or on battery.  Sometime when
the battery level is down I will see if that is reflected in the icon.
- Robert