On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 14:15:27 PDT, Tony Godshall writes:
>Sure does. Closed it to a tiny crack and its still on.
>Doesn't seem to be any such switch on the OB. (On many
>machines closing the lid autmatically suspends it,
fwiw, my OB6k has a bios option for this kind of stuff.
>the backlight.
> ... Please
> forgive me for arguing this manini point.
manini (Hawaiian)
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> are you sure the back light stays on when you close the
> laptop? my laptop
> (ARM TS759) has a switch ...
[--Craig the physicist]
Sure does. Closed it to a tiny crack and its still on.
Doesn't seem to be any such switch on the OB. (On many
machines closing the lid autmatically suspends it,
> > ... Second time, my screen goes totally blank (I assume
> > it's driving the signal out the external connector.) So
> > this should be using less power since it's not driving the
> > LCD or the backlight, but driving external (even absent)
> > devices can be a little bad for battery power t
> > > FN+On/Off If turn-on password protection is active,
> > > suspends (turns off) the OmniBook so the password is required at
> > > turn-on. FN+F1 ... F12 Starts the assigned application, which you can
> > > change.
> > Any ideas how to capture this in Linux/X? I tried setting
> > up a sh
> > Oh, that's a shame. On my laptop there's an actual separate key
> > called "Fn", sitting in between "Ctrl" and "Alt".
>
> Yeah, mine has one too, but it's to the left of ctrl.
>
> > It's intended
> > purely for switching on these Toshiba-specific keyboard functions (it's
> > also used to
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 06:32:50PM -0700, Tony Godshall wrote:
> > > Anyone know if there's a tool to turn off the backlight
.
.
.
> > ... Have you checked whether your BIOS gives you options like
> > [switching to external monitor]?
> Yeah. Doesn't :(
> Fn-F1 to Fn-F5 are supposed to do th
are you sure the back light stays on when you close the laptop? my laptop
(ARM TS759) has a switch which turns of the backlight as you close it.
you can see it happen when the screen gets to by about 30 degrees from
closing.
Dr. Craig T. Milling
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dept. of P
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 09:37:55AM -0400, Brian P. Flaherty wrote:
> Could you do what you want with xset? When I type
> `xset dpms force standby`, I get a blank screen, but nothing else
> seems to slow down. It also looks like you could disable 'suspend'
> and 'off' modes so it would stay in p
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 10:42:22AM +0200, Mounie G wrote:
> The good point with HP is the avaibility of the manuals in PDF on Web.
OK, I went looking but couldn't even get to the HP Omnibook
800 page. The choose product drop box contains only "HP HP
HP" all the way down and a search for "Omnibo
Could you do what you want with xset? When I type
`xset dpms force standby`, I get a blank screen, but nothing else
seems to slow down. It also looks like you could disable 'suspend'
and 'off' modes so it would stay in perpetual standby while you ride
home.
Brian
--
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\ / A
Hi,
>> It's intended
>> purely for switching on these Toshiba-specific keyboard functions (it's
>> also used to switch on the numberpad overlay over the uio-jkl-etc keys).
>> Alt-F1, Alt-F2 switches between consoles (the "F1", F2"... keys
>> themselves are labelled as such).
>I think that was
> Oh, that's a shame. On my laptop there's an actual separate key
> called "Fn", sitting in between "Ctrl" and "Alt".
Yeah, mine has one too, but it's to the left of ctrl.
> It's intended
> purely for switching on these Toshiba-specific keyboard functions (it's
> also used to switch on the nu
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 08:13:00PM -0700, Tony Godshall wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 11:56:25AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote:
>
> > Toshiba also lets you press Fn-F5 to toggle between LCD display,
> > cathode tube display (it has a video-out port) or both. I could use
>
>
> Fn-F1 to Fn-F5
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 11:56:25AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 06:32:50PM -0700, Tony Godshall wrote:
> > Anyone know if there's a tool to turn off the backlight
...
> I've got a Toshiba laptop, not a HP, but it has various BIOS settings
> ... Have you checked whether you
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 06:32:50PM -0700, Tony Godshall wrote:
> Anyone know if there's a tool to turn off the backlight or
> the video subsystem without turning putting the whole laptop.
> I like to start some mp3's playing and then shut the case.
> I'd like the battery to last as long as possibl
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