i think ubuntu/debian has a package called "laptop-detect" ons, 27.10.2004 kl. 16.23 skrev Dave Jones: > On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 03:19:12PM +0200, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > > if pcmcia exists > > could be a pci card. > > > unautodetectable monitor > > could be desktop. a lot of old monitors > dont speak DDC. > > > bunch of ACPI stuff > > just testing for the presence of /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0 > will probably go a long way. This just leaves laptops > with broken ACPI (or no ACPI), which could be detected > with DMI strings. > > > and then give them weigths? 3/4 "laptop signs" => probably a laptop? > > sounds a little 'too clever' imo. The more complicated heuristics > become, the more fragile they seem to be in the real world. > > Dave
