[ltp] Configuring and running tpb

[Christopher Sawtell]

On Fri, 20 May 2005 20:56, Guillermo Latorre wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I have a Thinkpad T41 (2373) and now I have tried to configure some
> special keys with tpb. Before editing my /etc/tpbrc file, I have tried
> to run tpb, and it returns this:
> root@Will:/home/guille # tpb
> Unable to open device /dev/misc/nvram: No existe el fichero o el
> directorio
>
> Translation -> Unable to open device /dev/misc/nvram: The file or
> directory doesn't exist.
>
> Well, it is normal because I have no /dev/nvram or /dev/misc/nvram file.
>
> What can I do?

If the full set of modules has been compiled, try ( as the root user ) :-
modprobe nvram

If you are lucky that will create the device for you.
If not, you'll have to rebuild the kernel to incorporate it.

> I am reading some manuals- Howto about get the special 
> keys running but not find this problem...
>
> I am running with Ubuntu Hoary, kernel 2.6.10-5-38 and Xorg.
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Guille