On 11/30/06, Ludovic Rousseau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 30/11/06, Hannes Wyss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the following is an alternative to Ludovic Rousseau's > > keyboard_brigthness shell-script (1). > > Advantages:
[... indisputable point about "size doesn't matter" conceded :) ...] > Good idea. > I just implemented it in my script. Now committed in SVN. Great, thanks! > > - can be set SUID and bound to keyboard shortcuts via xbindkeys > > Why do you need the SUID bit? On my machine the device is rw for everybody: > $ ls -l /sys/class/leds/smc\:kbd_backlight/brightness > -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4096 2006-11-30 13:04 > /sys/class/leds/smc:kbd_backlight/brightness Interesting. Mine isn't (at least not permanently): doubledog hwyss # ls -l /sys/class/leds/smc\:kbd_backlight/brightness -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2006-11-30 16:58 /sys/class/leds/smc:kbd_backlight/brightness doubledog hwyss # chmod og+w /sys/class/leds/smc\:kbd_backlight/brightness doubledog hwyss # ls -l /sys/class/leds/smc\:kbd_backlight/brightness -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4096 2006-11-30 16:58 /sys/class/leds/smc:kbd_backlight/brightness doubledog hwyss # rmmod applesmc; modprobe applesmc doubledog hwyss # ls -l /sys/class/leds/smc\:kbd_backlight/brightness -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2006-11-30 17:10 /sys/class/leds/smc:kbd_backlight/brightness This is on linux 2.6.18.1 (gentoo) x86_64. Would you have any hints on where to change that? udev? > But since you use /var/lib/keylight to store the old value you _have_ > to be root to write in /var/lib. > My script uses /tmp/keyboard_brigthness_old_value so do not need to be root. Which gives me the advantage that I can keep my favorite keyboard illumination-level across /tmp-wiping reboots. Which I admit is not that incredibly important ;) > My version is 42 lines of shell script. > Your version is 113 lines of C (I used sloccount to just count the > lines of code). Ah, yes - but I learned a lot writing those 113 lines! Thanks Hannes ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
