From 2bda8f7717adf28da4af0d34fb82f63d2868c31d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: toma Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:58 +0000 Subject: Copy the KDE 3.5 branch to branches/trinity for new KDE 3.5 features. BUG:215923 git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/kdeutils@1054174 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- kmilo/thinkpad/README | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+) create mode 100644 kmilo/thinkpad/README (limited to 'kmilo/thinkpad/README') diff --git a/kmilo/thinkpad/README b/kmilo/thinkpad/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..56b5da0 --- /dev/null +++ b/kmilo/thinkpad/README @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +Thinkpad Buttons KMilo Plugin + +Jonathan Riddell jr@jriddell.org, January 2004 + +A port of tpb ( http://www.nongnu.org/tpb/ ) to KMilo. + +KMilo is a service for kded, the KDE daemon. KMilo is new to KDE 3.2. +It allows plugins which interact with the special buttons found on +some keyboards and laptops. + +This KMilo plugin reads the nvram used in IBM Thinkpads. You need the +Linux nvram module ('insmod nvram') and to create a device node +('mknod /dev/nvram c 10 144'). + +Thinkpad R30/R31 models do not have a hardware volume control and so +require software volume control. Other models need software volume +control only if you want a volume change step different from the +builtin value (14). This required write access to nvram ('chmod 666 +/dev/nvram') and could potentially damage the machine. + +A KControl Centre module is included to configure the values including +whether this service is run or not (by default it is not). + +INSTALL: + +Download kdeutils source for kde 3.2 or newer. Then compile as +usual starting from the kdeutils directory: + + make -f Makefile.cvs + ./configure + cd kmilo + make + sudo make install + +Restarting kded is probably needed: + + kdekillall kded + kded + +HISTORY: + +05 January 2004, Initial release, most things working + +21 January 2004, Bug fix, stop it crashing if starting without kmix + runningdisplay rounded min and max volume levels, pda icon for + KControl module + +24 January 2004, Stopped it start kmix on kded startup even when set not to run + +28 January 2004, Added to KDE CVS + +TODO: + + - Need a better icon for the KControl module + - Test on machines other than my R31, which only has volume, + brightness buttons, light and 'Thinkpad' buttons + - Add options for the 'Thinkpad' and other action buttons to do something (e.g. bring up Konqueror) + For this sort of thing we really want integration with KHotKeys but I'm not sure how + + + -- cgit v1.2.1