Re: [E-devel] Backlight improvements

2011-06-20 Thread The Rasterman
On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:23:23 +0200 Mathieu Taillefumier said: h but not so simple. when screensaver kicks in, we still get a black screen as no one "took over being the custom screensaver". e's infra just lets whatever the current screensaver is work - and thats x's default "create big black

Re: [E-devel] Backlight improvements

2011-06-19 Thread Mathieu Taillefumier
Hei, Also, many userspace applications can work with that. Mplayer (and other mediaplayers) for example regularly sends events to keep xscreensaver disabled, thus keeping everything like it should be while watching a movie without manually disabling the behaviour. This, like all the things rast

Re: [E-devel] Backlight improvements

2011-06-18 Thread Thomas Gstädtner
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 16:42, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:11:12 +0200 Mathieu Taillefumier > said: > >> >> >> I see one problem with this method. The backlight intensity will only be >> >> reduced when the screensaver will turn on and will be back to normal >> >> when it is

Re: [E-devel] Backlight improvements

2011-06-18 Thread The Rasterman
On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:11:12 +0200 Mathieu Taillefumier said: > > >> I see one problem with this method. The backlight intensity will only be > >> reduced when the screensaver will turn on and will be back to normal > >> when it is off. However these events can occur after many minutes of > >> i

Re: [E-devel] Backlight improvements

2011-06-18 Thread Mathieu Taillefumier
>> I see one problem with this method. The backlight intensity will only be >> reduced when the screensaver will turn on and will be back to normal >> when it is off. However these events can occur after many minutes of >> inactivity. What I wish to do is to actually reduce the backlight to >> idl

Re: [E-devel] Backlight improvements

2011-06-18 Thread The Rasterman
On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:15:36 +0200 Mathieu Taillefumier said: > On 06/18/2011 02:15 AM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:50:33 +0200 Mathieu Taillefumier > > said: > > > >> On 06/17/2011 10:37 PM, Christopher Michael wrote: > >>> On 06/17/2011 04:35 PM, Mathieu

Re: [E-devel] Backlight improvements

2011-06-18 Thread Mathieu Taillefumier
On 06/18/2011 02:15 AM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:50:33 +0200 Mathieu Taillefumier > said: > >> On 06/17/2011 10:37 PM, Christopher Michael wrote: >>> On 06/17/2011 04:35 PM, Mathieu Taillefumier wrote: On 06/17/2011 10:27 PM, Christopher Michael wrote:

Re: [E-devel] Backlight improvements

2011-06-17 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:50:33 +0200 Mathieu Taillefumier said: > On 06/17/2011 10:37 PM, Christopher Michael wrote: > > On 06/17/2011 04:35 PM, Mathieu Taillefumier wrote: > >> On 06/17/2011 10:27 PM, Christopher Michael wrote: > >>> On 06/17/2011 03:55 PM, Mathieu Taillefumier wrote: > Hi, >

Re: [E-devel] Backlight improvements

2011-06-17 Thread Mathieu Taillefumier
On 06/17/2011 10:37 PM, Christopher Michael wrote: On 06/17/2011 04:35 PM, Mathieu Taillefumier wrote: On 06/17/2011 10:27 PM, Christopher Michael wrote: On 06/17/2011 03:55 PM, Mathieu Taillefumier wrote: Hi, I finished to write the code implementing the automatic backlight reduction after a

Re: [E-devel] Backlight improvements

2011-06-17 Thread Christopher Michael
On 06/17/2011 04:35 PM, Mathieu Taillefumier wrote: > On 06/17/2011 10:27 PM, Christopher Michael wrote: >> On 06/17/2011 03:55 PM, Mathieu Taillefumier wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I finished to write the code implementing the automatic backlight >>> reduction after a given time of inactivity (that can

Re: [E-devel] Backlight improvements

2011-06-17 Thread Mathieu Taillefumier
On 06/17/2011 10:27 PM, Christopher Michael wrote: On 06/17/2011 03:55 PM, Mathieu Taillefumier wrote: Hi, I finished to write the code implementing the automatic backlight reduction after a given time of inactivity (that can be set in the backlight menu). The patch is relatively straightforwar

Re: [E-devel] Backlight improvements

2011-06-17 Thread Christopher Michael
On 06/17/2011 03:55 PM, Mathieu Taillefumier wrote: > Hi, > > I finished to write the code implementing the automatic backlight > reduction after a given time of inactivity (that can be set in the > backlight menu). The patch is relatively straightforward but reviewing > is always welcome so fire u

[E-devel] Backlight improvements

2011-06-17 Thread Mathieu Taillefumier
Hi, I finished to write the code implementing the automatic backlight reduction after a given time of inactivity (that can be set in the backlight menu). The patch is relatively straightforward but reviewing is always welcome so fire up. To have the automatic backlight just set the Dimming ti