From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from executioner.lis.net.au([203.35.83.3]) (2397 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2000 09:48:35 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from uucp by executioner.lis.net.au with local-rmail (Exim 2.05 #1) id 139T3y-0008Q8-00 (Debian); Tue, 4 Jul 2000 23:48:34 +1000 Received: from kerry by gotss.eu.org with local (Exim 2.05 #1) id 139ShO-0000J7-00 (Debian); Tue, 4 Jul 2000 23:25:14 +1000 Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 23:25:14 +1000 From: Kerry Hoath To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: using /dev/nvram to alter cmos settings Message-ID: <20000704232514.B1136@gotss1.gotss.eu.org> References: <3.0.6.32.20000703173047.007a4ad0@greenbaynet.com> <3.0.6.32.20000703173047.007a4ad0@greenbaynet.com> <20000704091541.C22042@gotss1.gotss.eu.org> <3.0.6.32.20000703232023.007b59d0@greenbaynet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000703232023.007b59d0@greenbaynet.com>; from brent harding on Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 11:20:23PM -0500 List-Id: Currently you'll need somebody with eyes to read the cmos screens to you. I build systems and even I need sighted help in the cmos. On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 11:20:23PM -0500, brent harding wrote: > I wish I knew what I had, is there an autodetect that will tell me how to > toggle a few settings? I actually need it on my dell laptop, more than > likely the bios is made by dell, as they offer flash roms for it. What do > hex editors do? Does it actually make text out of the file you edit with, > and convert it back later? Can the setup be done over a remote connection > easily some how, have the cmos answer a modem or something so I can change > the power settings to allow me to read documents without the laptop going > on standby? It just could be that if I flash rom something that takes long > enough that the machine might just go on standby and totally make useless > the device I was working with. Why is /dev/nvram in existence, I just > loaded the module and ran MAKEDEV NVRAM because the device driver wasn't > found. > At 09:15 AM > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- -- Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.eu.org Alternates: kerry@emusys.com.au kerry@gotss.spice.net.au or khoath@lis.net.au ICQ UIN: 8226547