Thinkpad OSD

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[edit] Getting ThinkPad OSD working on Arch Linux

[edit] Loading nvram at boot and give permission to access /dev/nvram

  • Add nvram to MODULES=(... nvram) in /etc/rc.conf

Note: Check if there is already a line matching "nvram" in the /etc/udev/rules.d/ directory.
In this case you have to modify the existing entry and don't create a tpb.rules.


In udev 119-1

  • Edit file, WARNING: It will be overwritten with new udev update!

/etc/udev/rules.d/51-arch.rules 

KERNEL=="nvram",   NAME="misc/%k", SYMLINK+="%k", GROUP="kmem", MODE="0666"


In older udev

  • Add udev rule for setting the permissions to /etc/udev/rules.d/

/etc/udev/rules.d/tpb.rules: 

KERNEL=="nvram", NAME="misc/%k", SYMLINK+="%k", MODE="0660", GROUP="users"

[edit] Setting a more readable color and better placement

/etc/tpbrc: 

OSDCOLOR    Green
OSDVERTICAL 0
OSDHORIZONTAL 0
OSDPOS      MIDDLE
OSDALIGN    CENTER

[edit] Starting with KDE

~/.kde/Autostart/tpb-startup.sh: 

# Start Thinkpad OSD daemon
if [ -x /usr/bin/tpb ] &&  [ -w /dev/nvram ] && [ -r /dev/nvram ]; then
    /usr/bin/tpb -d
fi

[edit] Starting with Fluxbox

~/.fluxbox/startup 

# Start Thinkpad OSD daemon
if [ -x /usr/bin/tpb ] &&  [ -w /dev/nvram ] && [ -r /dev/nvram ]; then
    /usr/bin/tpb -d
fi
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