pcbsd-developer

[Pcbsd-developer] Detecting if computer is laptop or desktop

[Charles A. L. <lan...@gm...>]

Hello guys :)

Is it possible to detect if the user's computer is a laptop or desktop?
Renato suggested looking at the CPU name and decide accordingly. Is it 100%
sure to work?
Is there another way?
If not, I suggested to add a "Select between laptop or desktop" option
during installation to turn on/off the numlock key accordingly.
Discussion here: http://www.pcbsd.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3D2402
Have a nice week-end! :)

--
Charles A. Landemaine.

Re: [Pcbsd-developer] Detecting if computer is laptop or desktop

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

Charles A. Landemaine wrote:

> Hello guys :)
>  
> Is it possible to detect if the user's computer is a laptop or 
> desktop? Renato suggested looking at the CPU name and decide 
> accordingly. Is it 100% sure to work?
> Is there another way?
> If not, I suggested to add a "Select between laptop or desktop" option 
> during installation to turn on/off the numlock key accordingly.
> Discussion here: http://www.pcbsd.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2402
> Have a nice week-end! :)
>
> -- 
> Charles A. Landemaine.

I think that looking at cpu name is 100% sure way to know what type of 
system you run and maybe choose automagically precompiled kernel for 
additional system. Sometimes even simplier is replace couple of lines in 
sysctrl.conf. APM or ACPI support is must for resume/suspend on laptops. 
Battery indicator won't hurt either.

RE: [Pcbsd-developer] Detecting if computer is laptop or desktop

[<mai...@gm...>]

Some laptops (such as the one I'm using right now), have a numpad installed.
I would recommend an installer option that asks the user whether or not it's
got a numpad.

 

It's probably also not feasible to look at the CPU name both because there
are a lot of cpu types out there, and I doubt you're going to find a nice
list of every one possibly available, and because there are some crazy folk
out there who put a mobile chip in a desktop (for overclocking), or a normal
chip in a laptop.

            -Matt McDonald

 

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From: pcb...@li...
[mailto:pcb...@li...] On Behalf Of Charles A.
Landemaine
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:27 AM
To: pcb...@li...
Subject: [Pcbsd-developer] Detecting if computer is laptop or desktop

 

Hello guys :)

 

Is it possible to detect if the user's computer is a laptop or desktop?
Renato suggested looking at the CPU name and decide accordingly. Is it 100%
sure to work?

Is there another way?

If not, I suggested to add a "Select between laptop or desktop" option
during installation to turn on/off the numlock key accordingly.

Discussion here: http://www.pcbsd.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2402

Have a nice week-end! :)

-- 
Charles A. Landemaine. 

[Pcbsd-developer] Re: Detecting if computer is laptop or desktop

[Federico L. <flo...@gm...>]

Well, my laptop's (which i managed to ressurect) cpu line on dmesg is the
EXACT same as my P3 server, so i dont think that that would work, however
most modern laptops have a lid... so here is a little script which should
detect laptop / desktop:

#!/bin/sh
# Laptop detection script V0.001
# Reply to the mailing list if it doesn't work...

dmesgLine=3D`dmesg | grep "acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0"=
`

if test "${dmesgLine}" =3D ""; then
        echo "You have a desktop!"
else
        echo "You have a laptop!"
fi

Cheers

On 4/1/06, mai...@gm... <mai...@gm...> wrot=
e:
> Some laptops (such as the one I'm using right now), have a numpad install=
ed.
> I would recommend an installer option that asks the user whether or not i=
t's
> got a numpad.
>
>
>
> It's probably also not feasible to look at the CPU name both because ther=
e
> are a lot of cpu types out there, and I doubt you're going to find a nice
> list of every one possibly available, and because there are some crazy fo=
lk
> out there who put a mobile chip in a desktop (for overclocking), or a nor=
mal
> chip in a laptop.
>
>             -Matt McDonald
>
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: pcb...@li...
> [mailto:pcb...@li...] On Behalf Of Charles=
 A.
> Landemaine
> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:27 AM
> To: pcb...@li...
> Subject: [Pcbsd-developer] Detecting if computer is laptop or desktop
>
>
>
> Hello guys :)
>
>
>
> Is it possible to detect if the user's computer is a laptop or desktop?
> Renato suggested looking at the CPU name and decide accordingly. Is it 10=
0%
> sure to work?
>
> Is there another way?
>
> If not, I suggested to add a "Select between laptop or desktop" option
> during installation to turn on/off the numlock key accordingly.
>
> Discussion here: http://www.pcbsd.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3D2402
>
> Have a nice week-end! :)
>
> --
> Charles A. Landemaine.
>
>
>

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Re: [Pcbsd-developer] Re: Detecting if computer is laptop or desktop

[Kris M. <pie...@gm...>]

We'll have to put this on a list of TODO's for the next release :) I'll 
save a copy of this script, do some testing with it here.
---
Kris Moore


Federico Lorenzi wrote:
> Well, my laptop's (which i managed to ressurect) cpu line on dmesg is the
> EXACT same as my P3 server, so i dont think that that would work, however
> most modern laptops have a lid... so here is a little script which should
> detect laptop / desktop:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> # Laptop detection script V0.001
> # Reply to the mailing list if it doesn't work...
> 
> dmesgLine=`dmesg | grep "acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0"`
> 
> if test "${dmesgLine}" = ""; then
>         echo "You have a desktop!"
> else
>         echo "You have a laptop!"
> fi
> 
> Cheers
> 
> On 4/1/06, mai...@gm... <mai...@gm...> wrote:
>> Some laptops (such as the one I'm using right now), have a numpad installed.
>> I would recommend an installer option that asks the user whether or not it's
>> got a numpad.
>>
>>
>>
>> It's probably also not feasible to look at the CPU name both because there
>> are a lot of cpu types out there, and I doubt you're going to find a nice
>> list of every one possibly available, and because there are some crazy folk
>> out there who put a mobile chip in a desktop (for overclocking), or a normal
>> chip in a laptop.
>>
>>             -Matt McDonald
>>
>>
>>
>>   _____
>>
>> From: pcb...@li...
>> [mailto:pcb...@li...] On Behalf Of Charles A.
>> Landemaine
>> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:27 AM
>> To: pcb...@li...
>> Subject: [Pcbsd-developer] Detecting if computer is laptop or desktop
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello guys :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Is it possible to detect if the user's computer is a laptop or desktop?
>> Renato suggested looking at the CPU name and decide accordingly. Is it 100%
>> sure to work?
>>
>> Is there another way?
>>
>> If not, I suggested to add a "Select between laptop or desktop" option
>> during installation to turn on/off the numlock key accordingly.
>>
>> Discussion here: http://www.pcbsd.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2402
>>
>> Have a nice week-end! :)
>>
>> --
>> Charles A. Landemaine.
>>
>>
>>
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[Pcbsd-developer] EDU version of PC-BSD

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

Hello!

Many teachers in Estonia have strong demand for educational version of 
PC-BSD.

Features they need:
1. Kdeedu package, Openoffice, Java,
2. windows active directory authentication, LDAP,
3. samba server,
4. terminalserver XDMCP,  NX server, PXE terminal boot
5. remote administration over vnc and NX,
6. printserver quote (controlled, paid printing)
7. time syncronisation
8. ID-card reader support
and so on...

I propose to make spacial release for schools- where our future 
"clients" resides or pack it all together in one featured edu.PBI package.

Andrei

Re: [Pcbsd-developer] EDU version of PC-BSD

[Kris M. <pie...@gm...>]

Andrei,

This would be a great idea. I would like to see this as a complete PBI, 
almost a Total-Conversion package that adds all these things to the OS. 
Are all of these features already available in BSD as a package of some 
sort, or would they have to be developed also?



---
Kris Moore


Andrei Kolu wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Many teachers in Estonia have strong demand for educational version of 
> PC-BSD.
> 
> Features they need:
> 1. Kdeedu package, Openoffice, Java,
> 2. windows active directory authentication, LDAP,
> 3. samba server,
> 4. terminalserver XDMCP,  NX server, PXE terminal boot
> 5. remote administration over vnc and NX,
> 6. printserver quote (controlled, paid printing)
> 7. time syncronisation
> 8. ID-card reader support
> and so on...
> 
> I propose to make spacial release for schools- where our future 
> "clients" resides or pack it all together in one featured edu.PBI package.
> 
> Andrei
> 
> 
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