[ltp] ThinkPad button

Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:04:45 +1000

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where are these thinkpad button utilities for linux?  i can't seem to find
them on the IBM site.  don't tell me they're only available if you get linux
pre-installed....

--mk
  -----Original Message-----
  From: owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com
[mailto:owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com]On Behalf Of Keith Frechette
  Sent: Tuesday, 5 June 2001 12:55 PM
  To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
  Subject: Re: [ltp] ThinkPad button

  Marlin Whitaker wrote:
  >>
  Can anyone tell me how the ThinkPad button works? Right now
  it only works in KDE1. Suppose I wanted it to function in KDE2,
  or load a page other than the default, or do something altogether
  different. Would any of that be possible?
  <<

  Marlin,

  The ThinkPad button is controlled via a daemon process that is launched
via the KDE and Gnome "Startup" mechanisms. For KDE, there is an entry
called "ThinkPad Button" in the "Autostart" folder. For Gnome, the daemon is
launched via the "Startup Programs" settings in the GNOME Control Center.

  To make the ThinkPad button work in KDE2 (or some other desktop), just use
that desktop's "startup" mechanism to launch the ThinkPad button daemon
(/opt/IBM/AccessThinkPad/gtpbutton), passing it the command to run whenever
the ThinkPad button is pressed.

  -- Keith

  Keith Frechette
  Linux Development Lead, Mobile Computing Options and Software Development
  IBM Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
  kfrechet@us.ibm.com / 919-543-3761 / TieLine:441-3761

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