On 6/20/06, graciem@canisius.edu <graciem@canisius.edu> wrote:
> Is there any way to check the remaining battery life on an NEC Mobilepro
> 780 running NetBSD? It seems like the "apm" program always reports 20%
> battery life, no matter how long I've been using the machine off of the
> charger. Is there something else I should be using instead?
>
> --Matt
>
> (Sorry if this is a silly question, but for some reason I can't find
> anything in Google and I'm new to NetBSD on portable gear, so I've never
> had to do this before.)

I don't think there is a reliable way to do it. It doesn't report
accurately on my MP880 either.

Andy