Re: battery info: apm cannot attach to mainbus: compiling kernel error

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 02:58:11AM +0000, fire%firecrow.com@localhost wrote:
> when my computer boots up I see a message about acpibat0 to the effect 
> of "charging state" and it's accurate to where the battery is at the 
> time.

apm nowaday attaches as a child to acpi, and your kernel probably already
has all you need.

Try "envstat" and see if reports acpibat0 data.

Martin