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On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:36:08 +0100 |
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Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> * Ângelo Miguel Arrifano <miknix@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > If you have your disassembled dsdt acpi table at hand, just grep it for PNP0C32. If |
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> > PNP0C32 is referenced then yes, it should support. |
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> On my HP G8000 I've found two devices with that ID: "DBTN", "QBTN" |
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> (I really wonder where these two buttons are ;-o) |
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On my laptop DBTN is the DVD button. QBTN is the Quickplay button. On Vista |
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they are intended to bring DVD or Quickplay at startup. |
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Anyway, on linux you can assign each button to whatever you want. Just make a simple |
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script to check button state at startup and do something :) |
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> Is this box supported ? |
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> > Anyway, you can always build the kernel module and load it. It won't harm your laptop |
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> > in case it's not supported. |
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> Okay, I'll have a try. |
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> BTW: great job on the userland interface - using synthetic filesystems |
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> (like sysfs) are IMHO much better than arch dependent syscalls or |
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> netlink sockets :) |
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Thanks, I was encouraged by linux-acpi mailing list. |
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> BTW#2: if you like to get some hosting resources (eg. wiki page, |
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> fully integrated mail+web message boards, etc), just let me know. |
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I'm very pleased by that. Thanks. |
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> cu |
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> --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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> Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ |
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> Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: |
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> http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce |
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> Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: |
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> http://patches.metux.de/ |
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Happy coding, |
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Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX |
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CSE Student at UBI, Portugal |
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Gentoo Linux AMD64 Arch Tester |
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miknix@×××××.com |
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http://miknix.homelinux.com |
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