Description of problem: gnome-power-manager doesn't show any information about the battery. /proc/apm shows the information. I'm guessing that it's expecting acpi, but there's not acpi emulation for the powerbooks, just apm.
What hardware is this? What does devkit-power --dump show?
This is a Powerbook G4 I have installed Ubuntu on it to avoid this and some other issues. The problem is that the powerbooks emulate APM, but the widget only queries ACPI
(In reply to comment #2) > The problem is that the powerbooks emulate APM, but the widget only queries > ACPI It's not a widget, and it doesn't query the hardware itself, it either uses HAL or DeviceKit-power. (In reply to comment #2) > I have installed Ubuntu on it to avoid this and some other issues. Okay, closing.
well that's what I mean. HAL or DeviceKit-power does not have support for APM
(In reply to comment #4) > DeviceKit-power does not have support for APM And it's not likely to have either. There's a proper kernel class called power_supply that everything needs to be ported to. /proc/apm is going away RSN.
Right, I understand that. That *IS* why this is a bug. The compatibility layer for PowerBooks just provides APM emulation. That needs to be fixed. Ubuntu is reading the data from /proc/apm (or some other route) and getting it to gnome-power-manager, so I don't see a reason why Fedora can't as well.