Power Status (was Re: Because LC can't do two things at once.)

[Richard Gaskin]

Michael Doub wrote:
> Looking around in /proc I found no acpi on the Pi.

Thanks for checking, Michael.

That would make sense, because AFAIK the Pi has no Advanced 
Configuration and Power Interface in its chip set, and hence the absence 
of that key in /proc would accurately reflect a non-discharging battery 
state (since there ain't no battery at all).

I'll explore further to see if I can find a definitive reference on 
that, but so far it looks like we're on our way.

For any Linux-using laptop owners here (that means you, Mark Wieder 
<g>):  do you find your charging status in:

  /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state

...or:

  /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state

?

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