Introduction
With some combinations of certain Apple PowerBook models and YDL versions, the use of the PowerBook Buttons ('pbbuttons', ie: brightness, sound, backlit keys) is best de-activated, or at least removed from the control of KDE so as to keep both the 'pbbutton' and 'KDE' graphical interface from showing each time they are used. In addition, de-activating the pbbuttons enables the internal screen to go completely dark (off) if you are using an external monitor in mirror mode.
What to do
As root, simply:
[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig --list | grep buttons pbbuttonsd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off [root@localhost ~]# chkconfig pbbuttonsd off [root@localhost ~]# chkconfig --list | grep buttons pbbuttonsd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
This howto was written by Kai Staats, Terra Soft Solutions
