Re: Spawning Xdialogs from devd...

2008-04-30 Thread Gary Newcombe
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:18:22 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Even if running X under root, it's the same behaviour. Unless devd is > > restarted, there is no sound or xdialogs. If I restart devd from > > another console, then the sound device becomes available and sou

Re: Spawning Xdialogs from devd...

2008-04-30 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Even if running X under root, it's the same behaviour. Unless devd is restarted, there is no sound or xdialogs. If I restart devd from another console, then the sound device becomes available and sound can do you restart devd from xterm? if so - DISPLAY gets set be heard, but no Xdialogs. If

Re: Spawning Xdialogs from devd...

2008-04-30 Thread Gary Newcombe
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:25:04 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm curious to know what is actually going on here. I wouldn't have thought > > the context from which devd is restarted would make any difference, but > > clearly it does. Any clues? > > > > Also, does any

Re: Spawning Xdialogs from devd...

2008-04-29 Thread Wojciech Puchar
match "subsystem" "IBM"; action "/root/bin/acpi_oem_exec.sh $notify ibm"; }; I'm curious to know what is actually going on here. I wouldn't have thought the context from which devd is restarted would make any difference, but clearly it does. Any clues? Also, does anyone hav

Spawning Xdialogs from devd...

2008-04-28 Thread Gary Newcombe
G'day. This is an X61 laptop, and I'm trying to use the Fn keys to call scripts to do various jobs, while informing users or getting input using Xdialog popups. Here's an example case. Rebooting the pc if pressing Fn+F4. [/etc/devd.conf] ... notify 10 { match "system" "ACPI";