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IKEYD(1) General Commands Manual IKEYD(1)

NAME

ikeyd - reacts on iBook2/Powerbooks hotkeys.

SYNOPSIS

ikeyd [options]

DESCRIPTION

ikeyd sets the volume or ejects the cdrom for the iBook2's special keys.
It umounts the cdrom before trying to eject it.

BIG FAT WARNING

The eject key has a delay of approx 2 seconds to avoid accidently ejects.
Don't report this as a bug.

FURTHER NOTICES

Umount will only work if your entry in /etc/fstab is the same as the --cdrom Option.

OPTIONS

ikeyd accepts the following options:
-m, --mixer=MIXER
Use an alternative mixer-device, default is /dev/mixer.
-c, --cdrom=CDROM
Use an alternative cdrom-device, default is /dev/cdrom.
-p, --pidfile=PIDFILE
Use an alternative pidfile, default is /var/run/ikeyd.pid.
-n , --nodaemon
Do not run as a daemon.
-q , --quiet , --silent
Inhibit usual output.
-v, --verbose
Print more information.
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
-V, --version
Show version of program.

SEE ALSO

eject(1), umount(8).

AUTHOR

Stefan Pfetzing <dreamind@dreamind.de>.
January 9, 2002