[maemo-developers] Can't force display light to stay on forever?

[From: Ryan Abel]

On Oct 2, 2008, at 9:31 AM, Marco Solari wrote:

> Using the control panel (at least in OS2008) it is not possible to  
> force the
> display light to stay on forever (the maximum allowable time is 30  
> seconds).
> Is there some way to force it on, with some '/dev' juggling ? I  
> would like
> to use the tablet to show the text transcription of a conference to  
> hearing
> impaired people, so if it gets dark after 30 seconds it would be a
> problem... ;-). I can assume the tablet will be fully charged, when  
> the
> conference starts...
> Thanks everybody for any suggestion.

http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/moredimmingoptions/

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Ryan Abel
Maemo Community Council chair