On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 05:37:49PM +0100, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > > But I'm not aware of any reason that users need to access /dev/nvram, > > generally. The only tool I know of that uses this interface is > > hotkey-setup, which runs a daemon as root to handle polling the nvram state, > > so the group permissions don't matter.
> What way use other programs like pidging-blinklight these days? > I remember that /dev/nvram was needed to get a blinking keyboard light years > ago... not sure what the current way is. A peek at the source says it uses /proc/acpi/ibm/light. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
