Subject: xul-ext-traybiff: mail LED notification does not work on Asus laptops
Package: xul-ext-traybiff
Version: 1.2.3-7
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
This plugin is able to autodetect LEDs present on some laptops and use them for
notifications on new mail
arrival (in addition to icon in system panel). Unfortunately this functionality
will not work on
Asus laptops, because the position of special file used to control the LED
state changed.
Following little patch can be used to fix the issue:
--- traybiff-1.2.3/components/nsMessengerFreeDesktopIntegration.cpp
2007-05-19 10:01:55.000000000 +0200
+++ nsMessengerFreeDesktopIntegration.cpp 2009-12-22 00:29:35.000000000
+0100
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@
const char* HW_INDICATOR_CONTROL_FILENAMES[] = {
// ASUS laptop led on Linux
"/proc/acpi/asus/mled",
+ // ASUS laptop led on Linux, newer interface
+ "/sys/class/leds/asus::mail/brightness",
// ACER New Mail led on Linux
"/proc/driver/acerhk/led"
};
Also, to work properly, file /sys/class/leds/asus::mail/brightness must be
writable by regular users.
Permissions must be changed after every boot and this can be done by following
init script
--- begin of /etc/init.d/mailled-permissions ---
#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: mailled-permissions
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Allows control of mail leds on some laptops by regular
users
# Description: Sets permissions of special files in /proc and /sys to
make them
# writable by all users, so applications as mail clients can
use
# the leds for notification on incoming mail.
### END INIT INFO
# Author: Jakub Adam <[email protected]>
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/mailled-permissions
MAIL_LED_FILES="
/proc/acpi/asus/mled
/sys/class/leds/asus::mail/brightness
/proc/driver/acerhk/led"
case "$1" in
start)
for LED in $MAIL_LED_FILES; do
if [ -f $LED ]; then
chmod 666 $LED
fi
done;
exit 0;
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start}" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac
--- end of /etc/init.d/mailled-permissions ---
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xul-ext-traybiff depends on:
ii libatk1.0-0 1.28.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.8.8-2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-4.2 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.11-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.2-3 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.22.3-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.18.3-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libnspr4-0d 4.8.2-1 NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii libpango1.0-0 1.26.1-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libstdc++6 4.4.2-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
Versions of packages xul-ext-traybiff recommends:
ii icedove 2.0.0.22-0lenny1 free/unbranded thunderbird mail/ne
Versions of packages xul-ext-traybiff suggests:
pn gnome-desktop-environment | i <none> (no description available)
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