-=| Ben Armstrong, Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 06:29:13AM -0300 |=- > On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 07:09:42 +0300 > Damyan Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > # dmidecode -s system-manufacturer > > ASUSTeK Computer INC. > > # dmidecode -s system-product-name > > 901 > > Or for that matter, skip dmidecode and get the info from: > > cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor > cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name > > The nice thing about this method is you don't need to be root.
.postinst runs as root anyway, as well as the acpi hooks.
> Also, dmidecode isn't priority essential.
There is nothing wrong in depending on dmidecode.
> However, if you consider dmidecode a better/more stable abstraction
> than /sys/class/dmi/id, it might still be preferable.
Indeed, and apart from that there is no clear evidence that the
scripts need to know the model number at all. The entries in
/etc/modules and /etc/modprobe.d/eeepc so far work for 901 and 701.
Please, owners of 900A and 1000*, give them a try.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501498#8
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