well, I tried already on my inspiron 600m setting i8k as a module and forcing it. So I can see now the i8k module up and running:
% lsmod Module Size Used by ... i8k 7184 1 However although I also have set the buttons for increasing/decreasing volume, the keys just don't work at all (i8kutils already installed): % cat /etc/i8kbuttons I8KBUTTONS_UP_CMD="amixer set Master 1+" I8KBUTTONS_DOWN_CMD="amixer set Master 1-" I8KBUTTONS_MUTE_CMD="amixer set Master toggle" # Poll interval (milliseconds) I8KBUTTONS_TIMEOUT=100 # Autorepeat interval (milliseconds) I8KBUTTONS_REPEAT=0 They simply don't work. I haven't tried yet, however xmodmap must be an alternative under X, although I'd go for a more general approach covering X and non X environment... So unless 2 inspiron 600m may have different hardware, I would think i8k buttons don't work for inspiron 600m... Javier. On 7/29/05, Rusty Carruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I don't know about the 600m, but I JUST managed to get i8k to > work on my Inspiron 8100 by using the i8k=force that Christian > suggested (along with an 'update-modules' and a reboot). It was > extremely unreliable before that (I had it work ONCE in all my > fiddling). > > So, in summary: > > config your kernel to use i8k as a module (I forget how I > did that, see the other articles in the sequence) > > edit (as root) /etc/modules and either add the line: > > i8k force=1 > > or add 'force=1' to whatever i8k info is there already. > > Then, run (again, as root) update-modules, and reboot. > > If you want fan control, go get the i8kfan utils: > > http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/ > > build (as per instructions), then './i8kfan 1 1' will force > both fans on all the time (and you don't have to be root, > unless you go modify stuff to force that). > > NOTE - all the above is under 2.6 kernel and sarge! > > > Note also - theoretically the above should work on the 8000, > the 8100, AND the 8200. I know that I managed to get i8kfan > to work on an Inspiron 8000 as well (using Mandrake and > kernel 2.2 or 2.4, and doing different things (I had to load > the i8k module manually, IIRC). > > Now, all I have to do is get the stupid IRDA and the scsi > emulation to work (correctly, as it were). > > rc > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas
