-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michael Reinsch wrote: > Hi! > > On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 21:01:34 +0200 > Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I guess we could mangle console.perms in the %post and %preun? > > > Hmmm.. adding: > > # for tpb > <console> 0600 /dev/misc/nvram 0600 root > > the same way we already modify the /etc/modules.conf is working for me.
Yes, should do fine. > > >>Ideally the user should not need to do this. I just wrote a minimal >>script in /etc/X11/xinit.d/tpb which works ok: >> >>#!/bin/sh >> >>[ -x `which tpb` -a -r /dev/nvram ] && tpb -d >> >># tpb ends here > > > OK, nice idea... but I would use /usr/bin/tpb instead of `which tpb` > (avoid possible security problem and faster): > > [ -x /usr/bin/tpb -a -r /dev/nvram ] && /usr/bin/tpb -d Cool. > > Well, I already do this "fast user switching" sometimes using gdm's > feature to login several times. The switching is done by switching the > console. So do I, but at present anyone who does should know how to kill tpb and restart it ;-). But it would be nice if someone cleaned up the whole thing so normal users could use it, and make provision for these kinds of changes. > >>>OSDFONT >>>-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15 >> >>Maybe 240 would be too big at lower res, but IMHO 140 is way too small >>to be easily noticed at 1024*768. > > I'm running at 1024x768 :) - but 180 is also OK. Are there any thinkpads that cannot handle 1024x768 that would use this? It might be safe to do 240, but I will test at 800x600. > > >>>OSDHORIZONTAL 0 >>>OSDPOS bottom >> >>but I prefer middle, but either will do, most important is to get it >>working out-the-box ... > > > yes... it doesn't really matter to me, as long as I can change it... > Middle will ensure it is easily visible no matter how big the taskbar is ... > > Yes, I simply dropped it into Mandrake's incoming. > > >>Otherwise, if you are happy with these changes I will commit to >>contrib tomorrow with whatever else I can get working. > > > Yes, looks nice. OK, will you upload to incoming? If not, mail me your spec and I will update. > > >>Any comment on APM? I think it would be useful, and it seems fine on >>my 600X in 9.0. > > It's also working on my T20 - but maybe it is better to turn it off by > default to avoid possible problems? IMHO it would be a nice feature out-the-box if it worked reliably on many machines, and did not cause problems on others? > >>I assume the APM events will still be accessible via nvram? > > The config says, tpb uses /proc/apm to determine those values... > > >>Or does this thing need ACPI support? > > I'm currently not running ACPI. > I meant, will someone have to add acpi support to tpb for it to work if the machine is running with acpi? Well, I have not experimented with acpi yet, apm works fine. - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+UppNrJK6UGDSBKcRAsL9AJ9ISCMypYPQ3Z6DH5iaoGisXFF4hgCgkEvM ci2YJS3zYkWt7FHetXSImsc= =KBuy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
