Bug#565790: [ltp] Re: Bug#565790: cat /proc/acpi/ibm/video and must press power button
On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 09:53:57PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> > go reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video every day. But the curious user should
> > have to resort to the power button if he steps on this landmine.
>
> Sure. I limited it to CAP_SYS_ADMIN now, which usually means root.
>
> The patch will be sent for merging, but I can't promise it will be merged
> before the next merge window for 2.6.34, and only after that will it be
> a cantidade for a 2.6.32.y stable.
>
> Patch attached for reference.
Adding stable@kernel.org to CC. Please apply for 2.6.32.x :
This was merged in Linus' git as b525c06cdbd8a3963f0173ccd23f9147d4c384b5
For the bug history: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565790
Cheers,
Moritz
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