Stephan Assmus wrote: > Ithamar R. Adema wrote: > >> For the Power Status applet, couldn't we check if ACPI was available >> before auto-starting it? Should be possible with just a wrapper script, >> or even have Power status check itself if it can actually show something >> useful.... > > PowerStatus already checks the availability of ACPI or APM. What I mean is > that on a Desktop system, it's not so useful. Like Ithamar mentioned, in addition to checking for ACPI/APM, it could check if the interface includes battery information: No battery information available -> no power status in the Deskbar. This would be similar to what Pieter proposed for sound: No detected output channels -> no sound volume in the Deskbar. -Truls