On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 15:24 +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: [...] > > > > So this is all just a plain bug in GNOME? > > Looks like it, from my POV. /dev/pmu can't be shared it seems. So gnome > should not even try to touch it. Implementing concurrent access to the PMU > may be possible at kernel level (taking proper care to lock out write > access by multiple processes), with such a measure we could permit > Gnome to play with the PMU as well. Not for snoozing, that should be > handled through pmud or equivalent. And for reading power state there's > /proc/apm. IOW, I don't understand what Gnome needs to access /dev/pmu > for. I think it tries to access it to control the backlight from the Apple's computer. It comes from ACME and If I remember it right is what ACME needed to control it. Cheers. > > Michael > > -- Carlos Perelló Marín Debian GNU/Linux Sid (PowerPC) Linux Registered User #121232 mailto:carlos@pemas.net || mailto:carlos@gnome.org http://carlos.pemas.net Valencia - Spain
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