[haiku-development] Re: Include sound volume icon in deskbar by default

  • From: PHilip RUshik <prushik@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 17:51:13 -0400

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Ithamar R. Adema <
ithamar.adema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Stephan Assmus wrote:
>
>> Or it could be done the same ways as ProcessController is launched
>> automatically. I find it convenient that it's always there. The Network
>> status would be nice to have too. On my notebook, I also install the Power
>> status applet, but I can see how that shouldn't be there by default.
>>
>>
> 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....
>
> I'm enabling Power Status all the time too ;)
>
> Ithamar.
>
> PS: 6+ hrs of battery power on my EEE, I'm impressed for an OS without any
> explicit power management features ;)
>
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I was under the impression that we added some basic power management. My
screen dims now when I unplug the power adapter, this could be my hardware
and I just didn't notice before, but I didn't think it did that with R1/A1.

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