Linux users of Sony Z1 series

[Ionut Georgescu <>]

Hello back,

waw, thank you! I was about to start an (almost) identical project myself.

I was also thinking of a different approach:
What about writing a XFree input driver which based on some
configuration file( = the mapping between the Fn-Keys and the keysyms),
would sent the Multimedia-Key-press events to the server ? The desktop
manager would then capture them and take action.  The advantage is that
we have a unique front-end for all laptops floating around.

Until then, your tool is, of course, the way to go :-)

THANK YOU!

Ionut

On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 08:35:01PM +0100, Stuart Shelton wrote:
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> For a while now, I've been working on a Swiss-Army Knife utility to perform
> actions in response to Fn key combinations being used.
> What makes it standout from the crowd is that it displays the current state 
> (of
> volume, screen brightness, processor speed, etc.) graphically not only in X 
> but
> also on the console.  It does this entirely non-destructively by using 
> scrolling
> regions.
> 
> This is now ready for Beta testing - I've already tested it extensively 
> myself
> (and use it daily), but I can only test it on my own hardware (a Z1).
> 
> Once I've got some time (and confirmations that it doesn't break horribly on
> other people's machines :) I'll package it up nicely - but right now, 
> sonyxosd
> will probably have to be manually edited.  There is an init script for 
> Gentoo,
> and it would be trivial to adapt this for other distros.
> 
> (The init script also uses my sonyscreen utility, and assumes sonyxosd is 
> located
> in /bin)
> 
> There are several items that are needed for sonyoxsd to work:
> 
> * The X11::Protocol, X::Osd, Term::ANSIColor and Term::Size Perl modules 
> (see
> cpan(1) if these are not available in your distro)
> * "options snd-pcm-oss nonblock_open=1" in /etc/modprobe.conf or
> /etc/modules.conf, if you use ALSA
> * sonypid and spicctrl (and, without editing the sonyxosd, sonyctl 
> symlinked to
> spicctrl)
> * The following binaries:
>    /usr/bin/sonypid
>    /bin/sonyctl ( -> /usr/bin/spicctrl)
>    /usr/bin/bplay (could substitute aplay, etc.) [optional]
>    /usr/sbin/hibernate [optional]
>    /usr/bin/radeontool [optional]
> 
> My site is at http://www.sony-tools.homeunix.net, the documentation at
> http://www.sony-tools.homeunix.net/sony.html#sonyxosd, and sonyxosd itself 
> at
> http://files.sony-tools.homeunix.net/sony/sonyxosd.pl.  I've also modified
> Stelian's sonypid to create a version 1.9a (which is broadly little 
> different to
> 1.9, save that JogDial/X support has been removed) for use with sonyxosd - 
> this
> is optional, and only for newer machines without a JogDial.
> 
> Please note that I'm hosting this from a server in my own home, so 100% 
> uptime is
> by no means gauranteed :)  If you can't access the actual site, please try 
> a cache:
> 
> http://freecache.org/http://www.sony-tools.homeunix.net
> http://freecache.org/http://www.sony-tools.homeunix.net/sony.html#sonyxosd
> http://freecache.org/http://files.sony-tools.homeunix.net/sony/sonyxosd.pl
> 
> Comments, bug reports, feature requests, init scripts, packages for 
> different
> distros, flames, etc. all welcomed!
> 
> Hope you enjoy using sonyxosd,
> 
>         Stuart
> 
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