i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sat, 24 May 2014 19:27:30 +0000i3status: non-standard battery pathhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/3865/i3status-non-standard-battery-path/The battery info path on my Samsung Chromebook is /sys/class/power_supply/sbs-4-000b/uevent . i3status seems to require "BAT?" as the 4th member of that path as I cannot get the system to read that file, no matter what I have in the config file. I have tried all sorts of combinations. Any ideas appreciated. Sat, 24 May 2014 03:15:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3865/i3status-non-standard-battery-path/Answer by Michael for <p>The battery info path on my Samsung Chromebook is /sys/class/power_supply/sbs-4-000b/uevent . i3status seems to require "BAT?" as the 4th member of that path as I cannot get the system to read that file, no matter what I have in the config file. I have tried all sorts of combinations. Any ideas appreciated.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3865/i3status-non-standard-battery-path/?answer=3870#post-id-3870This works: battery 0 { path = "/sys/class/power_supply/sbs-4-000b/uevent" format = "%status %percentage %remaining" } …and path is also in the example in the i3status manpage :).Sat, 24 May 2014 19:27:30 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3865/i3status-non-standard-battery-path/?answer=3870#post-id-3870