On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:05:04 +0200 Mister Olli <[email protected]> said:
> hi... > > linux with acpid allows to include custom scripts into acpid event > handling. see acpid documentation on how to do this... i know. this has been the mainstay of how a clean shutdown happens when you press the power off button. more recently this has stopped being used in favor of letting a gui session app in the desktop - like gnome, listen to acpid and then present some sort of dialog. :) > so you should be able to: > - create a custom script that calls your binary that does the popup > - (not sure) can't you do it with dbus (is E able to fire up programs > when certain dbus messages appear) or just listen to acpid... :) > Regards > --- > Mr. Olli > > > On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 10:47 +1000, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:52:54 +0200 muzzle <[email protected]> said: > > > > > Ubuntu automagically translate ACPI events into Xkeyboard events, and > > > produce an x event each time a system button is pressed. If you are > > > using ubuntu just use xev to determine what is the x key that > > > corresponds to the power button and bind it to the system dialog. If > > > you are using a different distribution then I don't know :( > > > > no they aren't. i've never seen this and just tested - an acpi button i have > > wakes acpid and it gets the press, but x exhibits zero keyboard activity. > > it's not ubuntu. it may be some gnome components listening to acpid, but > > it's not ubuntu and x - it's no automagic. :) > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Emme > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:09 AM, Carsten Haitzler<[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:00:56 +0200 PaulTT <[email protected]> said: > > > > > > > >> is there an 'easy' way to bind the power button to be able to popup a > > > >> power managment menu like the one in illume/openmoko e17 > > > >> environment?????? > > > >> > > > >> a friend of mine switched recently to e17 and pointed this out to > > > >> me.... > > > > > > > > if it's a key in x - yes. but on laptops/desktops it almost never is. > > > > it's an acpi button which isnt handled in x in any way (you have to go > > > > behind its back and talk to acpid which may or may not be there with a > > > > unix socket, or kernel acpi directly) > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > > > > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > > > > This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, > > > > vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will > > > > have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See > > > > full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
