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Special Forums Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions Clock doesn't tick Post 302653189 by Corona688 on Friday 8th of June 2012 01:45:48 PM
Old 06-08-2012
I've seen lots of computers reset their time and date when the battery dies, but simply stopping...? That's a new one on me. The article doesn't mention this either -- it says "consistently wrong", and this clock is anything but consistent.
 

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ACPI(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   ACPI(1)

NAME
acpi - Shows battery status information SYNOPSIS
acpi [options] DESCRIPTION
acpi Shows information from the /proc filesystem, such as battery status or thermal information. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. OPTIONS
-b | --battery show battery information -B | --without-battery suppress battery information -t | --thermal show thermal information -T | --without-thermal suppress thermal information -a | --ac-adapter show ac adapter information -A | --without-ac-adapter suppress ac-adapter information -V | --everything show every device, overrides above options -s | --show-empty show non-operational devices -S | --hide-empty hide non-operational devices -c | --celcius use celcius as the temperature unit -f | --fahrenheit use fahrenheit as the temperature unit -k | --kelvin use kelvin as the temperature unit -d | --directory <dir> path to ACPI info (/proc/acpi) -h | --help display help and exit -v | --version output version information and exit AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Paul Telford <pxt@debian.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU GPL. ACPI(1)
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