Hari U wrote on Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 10:28:34AM +0530:
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| How to enable power,sleep,wakeup keys in Linux,is there any
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This HOWTO helped me configure the extra buttons like mute, sleep,
power and such.
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO.html
There is a utility named 'hotkeys' (debian package available) that
lets you configure the extra keys on your multimedia keyboard.
Some more things to do with other inputs in your computer: :)
1. Hack up a simple script to use ACPI to send your PC shutting down
when the power button on your cabinet is pressed. You could use it
to do even more cooler things like kill the X-server when the
console locks up or launch XMMS without having to turn on your
monitor :)
http://www.cpqlinux.com/acpi-howto.html
2. http://lcdproc.org/ ;<- do more nice things without turning on your
monitor
3. http://lirc.org/ ;<- dont go near your keyboard. When I gave it an
attempt, ritchie st did not have all the mentioned ICs and being
the not-so-good at electronics guy, I did not know the alternative
ICs and the like. If anyone managed to build a working IR device, I
would be glad to hear your story (and of course, what alternative
components you used and such)
cheers
-Suraj
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