On Dec 13, 2007 6:20 AM, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A simple question this time - > Though the function keys work perfectly fine themselves, I was looking > for a nice way to get on screen display of the special function keys > (brightness and sound) in a DE independent way. I think gnome does it. > I have seen Kubuntu doing it too. A quick google informed me about > gtkpbbuttons. Installing it, I did get a sufficiently decent OSD. It > comes with three "themes" (Classic, Crystal, MacOSX) too. Very decent. > Now the question, is this the only way? Or is there a better way? > > Thanks, > -- > Regards > PK
If you can code in python, try this: http://repose.cx/pyosd/ "PyOSD is a python module for displaying text on your X display, much like the "On Screen Displays" used on TVs and some monitors." it's on debian repositories, btw. i've used it a little bit and was pretty easy. so give it a try ;) lucks Mauro -- ----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK---- Version: 3.12 GCM/O d->dpu$ s-:- a-->a+++$ C+++ LU P+ L++ E W+++ N !o K w O !M !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5– X R tv++ b- DI D++ G+ e h!>h-- r>r+++ y+ ----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----
