Re: [gpm] critical shutdown to low & not adjustable

[Ian Campbell <ian dal-acm ca>]

> I'm in two minds about how we should fix this: should we auto-compute
> the values based on the size of the battery (probably ideal, but only
> available for acpi, and mediocre support at that) or just push these
> into gconf.
>

Pushing them into gconf is probably a better solution. Old and dying batteries
(like mine) tend to discharge linearly for a while, and then go from 10% to 0%
in a matter of seconds. A precomputed 'critical' value may be too low in cases
like that.