@john3voltas
Since you say puppy knows about your battery status but shows only a grey icon...I guess there may be a problem with reading the inbuilt .xpm files.
Please back up your 'powerapplet_tray' file in your 'Startup' directory and try installing this pet (its the same applet with different theme). Hope this works!
- You will need to restart xserver after installation.
Systray's battery icon
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John, I've finally got some time to try to find an answer to this very same problem. I'm using 5.2.8 on a frugal install, but have the same problem here that I had with 5.2.5.john3voltas wrote:It's gone worse.
Now I only have a small red cross icon instead of the battery icon.
This is driving me nuts.
Worst thing is, I do like 525 way better than 431 because of debian/ubuntu compatibility.
Sure wouldn't like to go with plain old 431.
BTW, 431's battery icon works flawlessly.
Cheers
Did you find an answer?
Bones
Dell Latitude D630 running Puppy 5.2.8 frugal, Macpup 525 frugal (if I can get it working again. Sadly, I couldn't get it fixed :? )
Precise Puppy 5.4 live DVD
Precise 5.7.3 on USB
Precise Puppy 5.4 live DVD
Precise 5.7.3 on USB
hi, i'm currently using Slacko 5.5 and have noticed that i have been experiencing the same problem but after test some of the advices of this post with no results, i manage to solve the problem.
By replacing the "powerapplet_tray" file located in "/root/Startup/" by the file who came with the Precise puppy version. And after an X restart the applet starts to show the status of my battery.
By replacing the "powerapplet_tray" file located in "/root/Startup/" by the file who came with the Precise puppy version. And after an X restart the applet starts to show the status of my battery.
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Thanks pemasu,
Just installed vattery-ibam under 5.28.005. Works great, so far!
(this is the first time that I had a laptop with enough battery that I could run wireless -- so battery capacity becomes relevant))
Just installed vattery-ibam under 5.28.005. Works great, so far!
(this is the first time that I had a laptop with enough battery that I could run wireless -- so battery capacity becomes relevant))
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