If you just want event handling, Then use hotkeys and pmud. That's what I do and I like this solution.
I use an ibook2.2 800 and I hacked a little hotkeys, to handle backlight events and some other minor stuffs. You can get it on http://cedric.pradalier.free.fr/ibook2 According to Michael Schmitz, on Tue, 6 Jul 2004 10:40:58 +0200 (CEST), >> > If you install pbbuttonsd you obviously want to use it, including >power> > management and all. If you only want to have the events daemon >> > functionality, and keep powermanagement separate, write your own >> > 'buttonsd. >> >> I did it already. It's called pbbuttonsd ;-) > >You obviously chose to misunderstand me :-) What I mean is pbbuttonsd >with the powermanagement related guts ripped out, essentially. Your >package merges powermanagement and other, unrelated event handling. >Next, we'll have emacs all wrapped into pbbuttonsd ... > >> > pbbuttonsd and pmud both do powermanagement, and you should not >have them> > both installed on your system. That's what 'conflicts' is >meant to handle> > here. I'm not offended if people chose pbbuttonsd >over pmud, on the> > contrary. Pick the tool that best suits your >needs. I know that I've been> > dragging my feet on the big unification >of power scripts, but it's been> > due to time constraints, not on >principle :-)> >> I fully agree with you. In fact that's what I wanted to say. Use >pbbuttonsd> and get rid of pmud. Thanks for making this clear. > >Not at all :-) Choice is good - either use pbbuttonsd (if you need the >event handling stuff), or use pmud (if you only want power management). > >BTW, the 'event handling with no power management' would be nice for >desktop machines that can't use power management - does compatibility >mode fully disable powermanagement in pbbuttonsd, or do you check for >pmud running and take over power management anyway if no pmud is found? > > Michael > > -- Cedric "[Of course] I'm French! Why do think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king-a?!" Monty Python and the Holy Grail
