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On Thursday 20 August 2009 22:44:10 Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Yoav Luft<yoav.luft@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > I got a Dell Vostro 1520 laptop as a present, and I am trying to build |
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> > a kernel for it. I can't determine what hardware I've got on it, since |
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> > the specs |
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> > (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/vos1520/en/SM/specs.htm) |
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> > say it could be installed in a few different configurations. What drivers |
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> > do I need the bluetooth (connected by a mini-card, don't know what it |
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> > means), touchpad, camera and fingerprint (if there are any, of course)? |
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> Luckily, I think all of those (except for fingerprint reader -- no |
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> idea about that) are very generic kinds of devices. |
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Thinkfinger deals with the fingerprint reader, the docs tell you which module |
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to use. It's easy to set up and use, it's very hard to configure it *exactly* |
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right - it always involves getting low down with PAM. |
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For instance, I have one and it logs me in fine. But I run a local IMAP server |
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for my mail (to use multiple mail clients) and dovecot uses PAM auth. Every |
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minute when kmail checks the inbox, dovecot (pam actually) silently waits for |
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a finger swipe. |
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I reckoned it was much easier to unload the reader module and type a password |
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once into a wallet than to deal with pam. Everyone I know has to re-learn |
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everything about pam all over again every time they go near it... |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |