Re: [Tpctl-users] thinkpad modules & udev

[Charles L. <cl...@gh...>]

fago said:
> however smapi is not working:
> tpctl --standby
> tpctl: SMAPI BIOS error 0x91 ("system is invalid") -- exiting.
> tpctl -ib
> tpctl: SMAPI BIOS error 0x86 ("function is not supported") -- exiting.

If the error messages are to be believed, then tpctl has received an erro=
r
message from the SMAPI BIOS itself, and therefore tpctl is probably going
through the main /dev/thinkpad device.

You can always run tpctl under strace and see if it is trying to open
other device nodes.

> also the fn-keys for standby and hibernate don't work.

I don't think they usually do. AFAIR they just set some bits in nvram, an=
d
I have yet to see a program that polls for them. (This is different from
actual keyboard multimedia keys, which send events that programs can
efficiently watch for.)

If you are using ACPI, they may be mapped to ACPI events.

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Charles Lepple
cl...@gh...