diff -up gnome-applets-2.23.3/configure.in.use-builtin-apm gnome-applets-2.23.3/configure.in

--- gnome-applets-2.23.3/configure.in.use-builtin-apm	2008-07-31 21:52:11.000000000 -0400

+++ gnome-applets-2.23.3/configure.in	2008-07-31 21:53:29.000000000 -0400

@@ -414,12 +414,10 @@ if test x$disable_battstat = xno; then

    case "${host}" in

        powerpc-*-linux*)

            NEED_LIBAPM=yes

-           AC_CHECK_LIB(apm,apm_read,[HAVE_LIBAPM=yes],[HAVE_LIBAPM=no])

 	   ;;

        # list of supported OS cores that use libapm

        *-*-linux*)

 	   NEED_LIBAPM=yes

-	   AC_CHECK_LIB(apm,apm_read,[HAVE_LIBAPM=yes],[HAVE_LIBAPM=no])

 	   ;;

        # list of supported OS cores that do not use libapm

        i386-*-freebsd*|*-*-netbsd*|*-*-openbsd*|*-*kfreebsd*-gnu)