On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:51:25 -0400 Chris Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Hi, > > > Mike (mwester) wrote: > >> In practice, compromise is necessary. Can we at least let the > >> kernel bring the backlight up to a level that would allow the user > >> to see vague outlines of something on the screen? Or failing > >> that, can we make the backlight level on resume configurable in > >> some way? > > > If you need this, why not set the backlight to "dim" instead of > > "off" before requesting the suspend ? > > > The secret about successful kernel programming is to do as little > > as possible in the kernel :-) > > At OLPC, we're using a small userspace policy daemon called OHM¹ to make > decisions like these -- when to dim, when to suspend, how to tell if the > user is "idle". I'd be happy to help get it running on the FR if it's > wanted. thanks.. though too late. already got ours going and integrated, tested and working... :) dbus api is working, it's hyper small and simple. -- Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
