i8k utility on DELL 8600 with FC2

[D. D. Brierton]

On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 03:32, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> Yep.. I managed to get it up and running. For Me, it's a D600, you
> need to
> force load it.
> 
> Edit the /etc/init.d/i8kbuttons startup script and put in "modprobe
> i8k force=1"

Thanks. Someone else also sent me similar advice, but as I haven't
rebooted yet I haven't had a chance to test it out. However, the person
who emailed me had also installed the i8kutils package from
freshrpms.net whereas I haven't yet as

$ locate i8k
/lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/kernel/drivers/char/i8k.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/build/include/config/i8k
/lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/build/include/config/i8k/module.h
/lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/build/include/config/i8k
/lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/build/include/linux/i8k.h
/lib/modules/2.6.6-1.427/kernel/drivers/char/i8k.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.6-1.427/build/include/config/i8k
/lib/modules/2.6.6-1.427/build/include/config/i8k/module.h
/lib/modules/2.6.6-1.427/build/include/config/i8k
/lib/modules/2.6.6-1.427/build/include/linux/i8k.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.6-1.435/drivers/char/i8k.c
/usr/src/linux-2.6.6-1.435/include/linux/i8k.h

so I'm not sure if I need the i8kutils package or whether that is now
included with the current kernel.

> ACME is now default in Gnome2.6 already.

It is? I can't find it: neither of

ps aux | grep acme

or

rpm -qa | grep acme

turn anything up, and I can't find anything in the preferences menu for
configuring the extra keys on my keyboard. (This is in FC2.) I'd like to
know how you've managed to set acme up ...

Best, Darren

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