Re: apm alternative on amd64, to check battery level

[Alexandru Chircu <alexandru.chircu%gmail.com@localhost>]

Try '/usr/sbin/envstat'.



On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 13:25:52 +0530
Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost> wrote:

> I recently switched from 7.0 i386 to amd64.
> 
> #uname -a
> NetBSD laptop 7.0 NetBSD 7.0 (MYKERNEL) #0: Wed Nov  4 20:53:55 IST
> 2015 root@laptop:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/MYKERNEL amd64
> x86_64 Intel 686-class NetBSD
> 
> 
> I used to use apm command to check battery level of laptop.
> 
> Now apm says:
> 
> #apm 
> apm: cannot contact APM daemon and cannot open /dev/apm: Device not
> configured
> 
> 
> Following page gives an impression that there won't be apm on amd64:
> 
> http://www.unix.com/bsd/243182-netbsd-6-1-2-apm-admd-not-found.html
> 
> 
> However following page doesn't describe alternatives like powerd
> 
> http://www.netbsd.org/docs/power-mgmt/
> 
> 
> What command / tool can I use on amd64 to know the battery level?
> 
> Mayuresh.
> 


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Have a good day,
Alex