[ltp] Kmilo thinkpad plugin and SUSE 9.1

[Osho GG]

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:34:38 -0500, Nguyen The Toan
<ntt@control.uchicago.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Saturday 11 September 2004 11:55 am, Osho GG wrote:
> > > On Monday 02 August 2004 22:34, Nguyen The Toan wrote:
> > > > Hi, does anybody know how to activate kmilo plugin for thinkpad buttons
> > > > in Suse 9.1? It shows up in the Kontrol center but nothing happens when
> > > > I press any thinpad buttons.
> >
> > Toan,
> >
> > make sure that in additional to right permission to /dev/nvram, nvram
> > kernel module being loaded etc. the kmilo service is configured to run
> > at the startup. You can check this in Kcontrol -> KDE Components ->
> > Service Manager. Make sure that KMilo is in the "Startup Services"
> > section.
> >
> > Second, goto KControl -> System Administration -> IBM Thinkpad Laptop.
> > In that make sure that Run Thinkpad Buttons KMilo plugin is checked.
> > Also chekc the "Change volume in software" button if you have R30/R31
> > etc.
> >
> > restart KDE and the buttons should be working. If they still do not
> > work make sure thta tpb works fine and then recheck all the KControl
> > settings.
> >
> > Osho
> 
> Thanks. I don't have Kmilo in the "Startup Services" in KControl. Do you know
> how to add them? Reinstall kmilo doesn't help. From what I read on the net,
> SUSE disable kmilo by default. tpb works perfect.
> 

Yes, Kmilo is unfortunately disabled by SuSE in their rpms. To renable it, edit 

/opt/kde3/share/services/kded/kmilod.desktop

On line #8 in that file change it as follows:

X-KDE-Kded-autoload=true

Log out your KDE and log back in again. Thinkpad butotns should be
working with kmilo thinkpad plugin.

Osho