Thanks Sasha and Peter Anybody know what software is sending the signal now? Gonzalo <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Peter Robinson <<a href="mailto:pbrobinson@gmail.com">pbrobinson@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Sascha Silbe <<a href="mailto:sascha-ml-reply-to-2010-3@silbe.org">sascha-ml-reply-to-2010-3@silbe.org</a>> wrote: > Excerpts from Gonzalo Odiard's message of Wed Oct 13 17:33:50 +0200 2010: > >> bus.add_signal_receiver(my_func, >> dbus_interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device", >> signal_name="PropertyModified") > > HAL has been deprecated [1] and will not be available anymore at some > point in the future, so I advise against relying on it. > > I don't know what the best way to listen to an ebook switch is. acpid > might be worth a look: </div>Most distros don't use acpid either <div class="im"> >>> In addition to rule files, acpid also accepts connections on a UNIX >>> domain socket (/var/run/acpid.socket by default). Any application may >>> connect to this socket. Once connected, acpid will send the text of all >>> ACPI events to the client. The client has the responsibility of >>> filtering for messages about which it cares. acpid will not close the >>> client socket except in the case of a SIGHUP or acpid exiting. > > Asking for advice on devkit-devel [2] might be a good idea as well. > UPower already has a LidIsClosed property (and sends property change > notifications [4]) so it might be straightforward to add support for > ebook switches. </div>I think this should be an input event, I think in most cases this is how input from lid switches and the like are handled across most things now. Peter _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> </blockquote></div>