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[david at lang.hm]

On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Walter Bender wrote:

> Why does it matter that you cannot adjust the screen brightness from
> the console using the special keys? You can adjust it from Sugar
> without root access.

so you switch from sugar to the console, something changes (including 
noticing that the font needs more light to be readable), so you then have 
to change back to Sugar to change the setting, then go back to the console 
to try and do the work.

this seems like a very user hostile approach.

the fact that you can't cut and paste to or from the console is also a 
problem (try and enter the command to get a developer key by switching 
back and forth from Sugar (where browse is displaying it) to the console 
(where you need to type it)

David Lang

> The idea was to understand what limits we'd face
> using the console for root access instead of a special terminal
> activity. What are the Sugar/X Window actions that require root
> access?
>
> -walter
>
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Erik Garrison <erik at laptop.org> 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?
>>
>> Erik
>>
>>
>>
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