On Monday 11 August 2003 12:48, Timothy Grant wrote: > I want to make the ThinkPad Buttons utility work on my Thinkpad, but it > tells me that I don't have access to /dev/nvram. > > I've looked at the configuration file, but am not sure exactly what changes > to make to give my users access to /dev/nvram. > > Tips gladly accepted.
I've found that if I change the permissions or add symlinks in /dev, the changes seem to be preserved over reboot. It's probably not a good idea to give all your users access to /dev/nvram though. Wouldn't a "cat /dev/null > /dev/nvram" kill your BIOS? or at least your BIOS config? Perhaps set up a new group for the ThinkPad utility and then just chown root:<new group> /dev/nvram. Then reboot to confirm that it is preserved. Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
