Re: What is pbbuttonsd used for nowadays?

[Børge Holen <holen.borge@gmail.com>]

On 30. jan.. 2009, at 02.13, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>  
wrote:

> > > I notice that my Debian testing install includes pbbuttonsd and  
> > > starst
> > > it at boot.  But looking at the home page of that project, it  
> > > seems that
> > > what it offers is already provided by other parts of the system  
> > > nowadays.
> > Oh? Witch systems are we talking about?
>
> Well, this was posted on the debian-powerpc mailing list, so I thought
> it would be obvious we're talking about a Debian system.  I.e. the
> result of a normal Debian install.

Of course, I were merely asking for what other parts you are hinting to.

> > > So is it still useful, and if so for what?
> > To make machine functions work easy with the keyboard.
>
> I do not know what this means.

Backlit keyboard and screen, volume and such. Probably something i've  
forgotten. But there you are

>       Stefan