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erik wrote:
 > On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 11:03:39AM -0700, david at lang.hm wrote:
 > > numerous 'special keys' don't work at the console, including adjusting the 
 > > screen brightness.
 > 
 > To get this to work we would have to push olpc-specific drivers into the
 > kernel, correct?

not necessarily.  the keys can be monitored and acted on by a
daemon of some sort.

(but asking people to use the console with any regularity sure
feels like a copout.  "To enter shell commands, first type
'ctrl-alt-networkview'" just seems wrong.)

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at laptop.org