Battery monitor applet in GNOME

Motivation

Most people who own laptops (and actually un-plug them) want to know how much battery time is left. The GNOME desktop comes with a battery applet that doesn't work by default, since APM support isn't enabled.

Setup

Need to fill this in.. essentiall recompile the kernel with APM support and everything works like a champ.

Reference

Compiling a linux kernel the debian way
The Very Verbose Guide to Updating and Compiling Your Debian Kernel
IBM guide to installing RedHat on Thinkpad 600E