Re: backlight off w/o suspend

2002-03-05 Thread Remy Indebetouw
Apologies for any protocol breach; I started this question on debian-laptop, but thought there might be a few more kind people to help on the higher-traffic list. Original question: > I'd like to turn off the backlight when I'm away for the day, but leave > unsuspended so I can connect back from w

Re: backlight off w/o suspend

2002-03-05 Thread Remy Indebetouw
Apologies for any protocol breach; I started this question on debian-laptop, but thought there might be a few more kind people to help on the higher-traffic list. Original question: > I'd like to turn off the backlight when I'm away for the day, but leave > unsuspended so I can connect back from

Re: backlight off w/o suspend

2002-03-04 Thread Tim Connors
On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Remy Indebetouw wrote: > I'd like to turn off the backlight when I'm away for the day, but leave > unsuspended so I can connect back from work via the cable modem. > > There was a similar question last summer and the suggestion to switch to > CRT; something like that would be f

Re: backlight off w/o suspend

2002-03-04 Thread Tim Connors
On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Remy Indebetouw wrote: > I'd like to turn off the backlight when I'm away for the day, but leave > unsuspended so I can connect back from work via the cable modem. > > There was a similar question last summer and the suggestion to switch to > CRT; something like that would be

Re: backlight off w/o suspend

2002-03-03 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > Also, the Battery-Operated mini-HOWTO seems dated and not always > applicable to debian (e.g. no update call in /etc/inittab), so any > suggestions for better advice on reducing syncing and flushing intervals > w/o a full suspend would also be appreciated. > noflushd works wonders.

Re: backlight off w/o suspend

2002-03-03 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > Also, the Battery-Operated mini-HOWTO seems dated and not always > applicable to debian (e.g. no update call in /etc/inittab), so any > suggestions for better advice on reducing syncing and flushing intervals > w/o a full suspend would also be appreciated. > noflushd works wonders. -- To