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NAME
       I8kbuttons - Monitor the status of Fn-buttons on Dell Inspiron laptops.


SYNTAX
       i8kbuttons [<options>]


DESCRIPTION
       The  i8kbuttons  daemon  monitors  the  status  of  the  two  volume buttons of the Inspiron 8000 and the
       corresponding Fn- combinations.

       When a button is pressed the daemon runs the corresponding command specified in the command-line options.
       By  specifying the proper commnds it is then possible to control the volume of the sound mixer or run any
       other command you like.

       It must be noted that although the program has default commands for the  various  buttons  there  are  no
       standard  mixer  command  shipped with the many Linux distributions which can change volume incrementally
       and support the mute/restore function.  The default commands must therefore be overridden  with  specific
       commands depending on which mixer software is installed. Example:

              i8kbuttons -u "aumix -v +10" -d "aumix -v -10" -m "aumix -v 0" -r 100 -v


OPTIONS
       The program accepts the following command-line options:

       -v, --verbose
              Verbose mode, show all commands executed.

       -u, --up <command>
              Specifies the command to be executed when the VolumeUp button is pressed.

       -d, --down <command>
              Specifies the command to be executed when the VolumeDown button is pressed.

       -m, --mute <command>
              Specifies the command to be executed when the VolumeOn/Off button is pressed.

       -t, --timeout <milliseconds>
              Specifies the interval in milliseconds at which the daemon checks the button status. Useful values
              are in the range 50-200. Default is 100.

       -r, --repeat <milliseconds>
              Specifies the autorepeat interval in milliseconds.  Useful  values  are  in  the  range  100-1000.
              Default is 0, i.e. no autorepeat. Autorepeat starts after an initial delay of 250 milliseconds.

       This  program  can be used by normal users or started as daemon by an init script. Under Debian GNU/Linux
       it is possible to  start  automatically  the  daemon  at  boot  by  creating  an  /etc/default/i8kbuttons
       configfile  and setting the I8KBUTTONS_UP_CMD, I8KBUTTONS_DOWN_CMD and I8KBUTTONS_MUTE_CMD variables with
       the command which must be executed by the program. Note the the /etc/default/i8kbuttons configfile is not
       installed  by the i8kutils package because the program is usually run by normal users. If you want to use
       it as daemon you must create the config file yourself.


FILES
       /proc/i8k
       /etc/default/i8kbuttons


AUTHORS
       Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@debian.org>


       i8kbuttons and all the i8kutils programs, scripts and other files are distributed under the  GNU  General
       Public  License  (GPL).  On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
       can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.


SEE ALSO
       i8kctl(1), i8kmon(1)