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The monitor can tell you the capacity remaining both visually and as a percentage, as well as offer you an estimate of the time remaining based off the current usage rate. </para> <sect2 id="battstat-introduction-add"> <title>ਪੈਨਲ 'ਚ ਬੈਟਰੀ ਚਾਰਜ ਨਿਗਰਾਨ ਜੋੜਨਾ</title> <para>To add <application>Battery Charge Monitor</application> to a panel, right-click on the panel, then choose <guimenuitem>Add to Panel</guimenuitem>. Select <application>Battery Charge Monitor</application> in the <application>Add to the panel</application> dialog, then click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para> <para> The layout of the <application>Battery Charge Monitor</application> applet varies depending on the size and type of panel in which the applet resides. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="battstat-power-backends"> <title>ਊਰਜਾ ਪਰਬੰਧ ਬੈਕਐਂਡ</title> <para> The battery monitor supports a number of power management backends. If it is available, the monitor will attempt to use the freedesktop.org <ulink url="http://freedesktop.org/Software/hal">HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer)</ulink>. If it is unavailable or unsupported on your platform, the battery monitor will attempt direct access to the power management system. </para> <para> Not all power management backends are available from all vendors, and some vendors add their own additional backends for specific platforms and hardware. If the battery monitor is misreporting information from your battery see <xref linkend="battstat-troubleshooting"/>. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="battstat-getting-help"> <title>ਸਹਾਇਤਾ ਲੈਣੀ</title> <para>ਜੇ ਬੈਟਰੀ ਨਿਗਰਾਨ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਕੰਮ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਦਾ ਤਾਂ ਹੋਰ ਸਰੋਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਖੋ:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><xref linkend="battstat-troubleshooting"/>;</para></listitem> <listitem><para> <ulink url="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/">ਗਨੋਮ ਮੇਲਿੰਗ ਲਿਸਟਾਂ</ulink> </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> </sect1> <!-- ================ Customizing the Appearance ========================= --> <sect1 id="battstat-appearance"> <title>ਮੇਰੀ ਪਸੰਦ</title> <para>To bring up the preferences for the monitor, right-click on the monitor in the panel and then choose <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></para> <figure id="battstat-applet-prefs-menu"> <title>ਬੈਟਰੀ ਚਾਰਜ ਨਿਗਰਾਨ ਪਰਸੰਗ (ਸੱਜੇ ਬਟਨ ਨਾਲ) ਮੇਨੂ</title> <screenshot> <mediaobject> <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/context-menu.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>ਬੈਟਰੀ ਚਾਰਜ ਨਿਗਰਾਨ ਪਰਸੰਗ ਮੇਨੂ</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> </figure> <figure id="battstat-applet-prefs"> <title>ਪਸੰਦ ਵਾਰਤਾਲਾਪ</title> <screenshot> <mediaobject> <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/battstat-preferences.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>ਪਸੰਦ ਵਾਰਤਾਲਾਪ</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> </figure> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>ਦਿੱਖ</guilabel></term> <listitem> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>ਕੰਪੈਕਟ ਵਿਊ</guilabel></term> <listitem><para> This view shows only a single graphic in the panel, either an upright battery to indicate remaining capacity or a plug to indicate your laptop is connected to an external power source. <figure id="battstat-applet-compact"> <title>ਕੰਪੈਕਟ ਵਿਊ</title> <screenshot> <mediaobject> <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/battstat-applet.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>ਸੰਖੇਪ ਝਲਕ</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> </figure> </para> <para> The compact view is the default view for the monitor as of GNOME 2.12. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>ਫੈਲਿਆ ਝਲਕ</guilabel></term> <listitem><para> The expanded view is old look from previous versions of GNOME. It has the larger graphic for the battery as well as a separate graphic to indicate what state the battery is in. <figure id="battstat-applet-expanded"> <title>ਫੈਲਿਆ ਝਲਕ</title> <screenshot> <mediaobject> <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/battstat-applet-expanded.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>ਫੈਲੀ ਝਲਕ</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> </figure> </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>ਸਮਾਂ/ਫੀ-ਸਦੀ ਵੇਖੋ</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>Selecting this option will display one of two pieces of information. <guilabel>Show time remaining</guilabel> will tell you how many hours and minutes until the battery is fully discharged or recharged. <guilabel>Show percentage remaining</guilabel> will tell you the percentage charge remaining in the battery.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>ਸੂਚਨਾਵਾਂ</guilabel></term> <listitem> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><guilabel>ਜਦੋਂ ਬੈਟਰੀ ਚਾਰਜ ਘੱਟੇ ਤਾਂ ਚੇਤਾਵਨੀ ਦਿਓ</guilabel></para> <para> Selecting this option will cause a warning dialog to be displayed whenever your laptop battery reaches specified value, either as a percentage remaining or a number of minutes remaining. This indicates that the amount of charge remaining in your battery is critically low. charge. You can dismiss this warning dialog yourself, otherwise it will vanish automatically when you plug your laptop into mains power. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><guilabel> Notify when the battery is fully recharged </guilabel></para> <para> Selecting this option notifies when your battery is fully recharged. If you have compiled the Battery Charge Monitor with libnotify support a non-intrusive notification will popup from the monitor on the panel. </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> <sect1 id="battstat-troubleshooting"> <title>ਸਮੱਸਿਆ ਨਿਪਟਾਰਾ</title> <para> Due to the complexities of power management and the vast differences between each of the different power management systems available, debugging errors in the battery monitor can be difficult. You will need to determine if the error exists in the battery monitor or is a bug in the information provided by your machine. </para> <para> The following information may be useful for troubleshooting what is wrong with your battery monitor. It is by no means exhaustive. If you find a bug with the Battery Charge Monitor (that is not caused by bad information being reported by ACPI), please <ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/">report it</ulink>. </para> <sect2 id="battstat-troubleshooting-backends"> <title>ਬੈਕਐਂਡ ਦੀ ਪਛਾਣ ਕਰਨੀ</title> <para> If you are using the Hardware Abstraction Layer (see <xref linkend="battstat-power-backends"/>) then that will be indicated in the about dialog by placing a star next to the author of the HAL backend. <figure id="battstat-credits-hal"> <title>ਜਾਂਚ ਕਰੋ ਕਿ ਤੁਸੀ HAL ਬੈਕਐਂਡ ਵਰਤ ਰਹੇ ਹੋ</title> <screenshot> <mediaobject> <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/battstat-credits-hal.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>ਫੈਲੀ ਝਲਕ</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> </figure> </para> <para> Other backends do not currently give indication they are being used, so you will have to guess based on your hardware. Most modern PC laptops are using ACPI as the backend. This is also the backend with the largest number of inconsistencies. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="battstat-troubleshooting-acpi"> <title>ACPI ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਬਾਰੇ ਜਾਂਚ</title> <para> If you are using the ACPI backend for the Battery Charge Monitor, it is important to check that ACPI is giving you the right information. If it isn't, then you will need to look into upgrading your DSDT or something else related to ACPI. </para> <example><title>ਉਦਾਹਰਨ ACPI ਆਉਟਪੁੱਟ</title> <screen> [rupert@laptop ~]$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info present: yes design capacity: 41040 mWh last full capacity: 37044 mWh battery technology: rechargeable design voltage: 10800 mV design capacity warning: 745 mWh design capacity low: 0 mWh capacity granularity 1: 10 mWh capacity granularity 2: 10 mWh model number: G71C00056110 serial number: 0000000008 battery type: Li-ION OEM info: [rupert@laptop ~]$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: discharging present rate: 11232 mW remaining capacity: 27140 mWh present voltage: 11400 mV [rupert@laptop ~]$</screen> </example> <para> You can quickly calculate the percentage remaining using <guilabel>remaining capacity</guilabel> divided by <guilabel>last full capacity</guilabel>, you can calculate the time remaining by taking <guilabel>remaining capacity</guilabel> divided by <guilabel>present rate</guilabel>. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="battstat-troubleshooting-nohal"> <title>Hardware Abstraction Layer</title> <para> You can check that your battery is detected by HAL using the command <command>hal-device-manager</command>. If your battery is not detected by HAL or the wrong information is being reported, you can attempt to disable the HAL backend by setting a GConf key. </para> <para> Select <guimenuitem>Configuration Editor</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu, under <guisubmenu>System Tools</guisubmenu>. Search for the key value <prompt>OAFIID:GNOME_BattstatApplet</prompt> which should be located in the path <filename>/apps/panel/applets</filename>. </para> <para> Assuming the path is <filename>/apps/panel/applets/applet_1</filename>. In <filename>/apps/panel/applets/applet_1/prefs</filename> add a <guimenuitem>New Key...</guimenuitem> called <guilabel>no_hal</guilabel> and set it to the boolean value of true. This will disable the usage of HAL (see <xref linkend="battstat-troubleshooting-backends"/> to learn how to check this). </para> </sect2> </sect1> </article>