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

[From: Marco Solari]

Thanks! It worked like a charm ;-)
Now the limit is 480 minutes (8 hours), which I suppose is quite a long
time... ;-)
Cheers.

	Marco



-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Ryan Abel [mailto:rabelg5 at gmail.com] 
Inviato: giovedì 2 ottobre 2008 15.36
A: Marco Solari
Cc: maemo-developers at maemo.org
Oggetto: Re: Can't force display light to stay on forever?


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