[Haifux] Help with new project under Linux.

2006-03-26 Thread Joseph
Dear colleagues, In the next few days I have to compile and upgrade a project that had been written under Windows operating system to1 Linux operating system, especially drivers, maybe I need to deal with the kernel too (I don’t know yet). My knowledge in Linux is little and I need a

Re: [Haifux] Help with new project under Linux.

2006-03-26 Thread Kohn Emil Dan
Hi, You can find info about writing device drivers in Linux from the book Linux Device Drivers (3rd Edition) by Jonathan Corbet Alessandro Rubini. The book is freely downloadable from the Internet from: http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3 Other books relevant to the Linux kernel are: Linux

Re: [Haifux] Suspend-to-RAM on IBM r50e

2006-03-26 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Ohad Lutzky wrote: So happy to have figured this one out, I thought I'd post the solution here: Save me the RTFM and tell me where to hook this so it works with fn+F4? I'm sure hotplug has something to that effect. Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd.

Re: [Haifux] Suspend-to-RAM on IBM r50e

2006-03-26 Thread Ohad Lutzky
No RTFM from me. First because it's mean, second because it's nontrivial. You need a module called ibm_acpi, available at http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/ - this module, among other things, will be able to generate an ACPI event for Fn+F4. However, you will have to enable this by loading it with

[Haifux] [HAIFUX LECTURE] udev by Parmahansa Polo

2006-03-26 Thread Orr Dunkelman
This Monday, at 18:30, Haifa Linux Club will once again gather to hear Parmahansa Polo talk about udev The lecture will cover the new udev mechanism. We meet in Taub building, room 3. For instructions see: http://haifux.org/where.html Attendance is free, and you are all

Re: [Haifux] Suspend-to-RAM on IBM r50e

2006-03-26 Thread Ohad Lutzky
That's regrettable, seeing as the power button is better used, IMHO, for a 'halt' command rather than a violent shutdown. Have you tried using acpi_listen and attempting to generate various events (such as closing the lid) to see what other ACPI events you can catch? On 3/26/06, Oron Peled [EMAIL