Am Mittwoch, 28. März 2012 schrieb Serghei Amelian:
> On Wednesday 28 March 2012 16:38:07 Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > I have a problem with kpowersave and ACPI on my T60p. kpowersave
> > complains about missing ACPI support, battery status is not shown (it's
> > always on AC, even when AC is disconnected).
> >
> > I can retrieve the battery status with acpi:
> >
> > $ acpi -b
> > Battery 0: Discharging, 98%, 02:16:03 remaining
> >
> > Has anybody a clue what I am missing?
> >
> > It's running wheezy and TDE 3.5.13. acpid is running, thinkpad relevant
> > modules are loaded, hal-trinity is installed, too.
> >
> > Nik
>
> kpowersave doesn't use acpid, but HAL. Check if your user have permissions
> to query hal, via dbus.

I can query hal, but how do I query hal via dbus?

$ hal-device | grep -i bat
  input.keymap.data = 
{ '0x01:screenlock', '0x02:battery', '0x03:sleep', '0x04:wlan', '0x06:switchvideomode', '0x07:f22', '0x08:f24', '0x0b:suspend', '0x0f:brightnessup', '0x10:brightnessdown', '0x11:kbdillumtoggle', '0x13:zoom', '0x14:volumeup', '0x15:volumedown', '0x16:mute', '0x17:prog1' } 
(string list)
39: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0'
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_power_supply_battery_BAT0'  
(string)
  battery.type = 'primary'  (string)
  battery.reporting.technology = 'Li-ion'  (string)
  battery.technology = 'lithium-ion'  (string)
  battery.model = '92P1127'  (string)
  battery.vendor = 'SANYO'  (string)
  battery.voltage.design = 10800  (0x2a30)  (int)
  battery.voltage.unit = 'mV'  (string)
  battery.reporting.design = 56160  (0xdb60)  (int)
  battery.reporting.unit = 'mWh'  (string)
  battery.serial = '30552'  (string)
  battery.present = true  (bool)
  battery.voltage.current = 11525  (0x2d05)  (int)
  battery.is_rechargeable = true  (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_charging = false  (bool)
  battery.rechargeable.is_discharging = true  (bool)
  battery.reporting.current = 46170  (0xb45a)  (int)
  battery.reporting.last_full = 56160  (0xdb60)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.current = 46170  (0xb45a)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.last_full = 56160  (0xdb60)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.design = 56160  (0xdb60)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.rate = 0  (0x0)  (int)
  battery.charge_level.percentage = 82  (0x52)  (int)
  battery.remaining_time = 8656  (0x21d0)  (int)
  linux.sysfs_path 
= '/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/device:01/PNP0C09:00/PNP0C0A:00/power_supply/BAT0'  
(string)
  info.capabilities = { 'battery' } (string list)
  info.category = 'battery'  (string)