[OT] Re: Page remove please

2010-06-02 Thread groups, freeman
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: A very wise barrister once advised - "Don't put anything into writing that you wouldn't be prepared to see used directly agianst you in a court of law" Possibly a little excessively dramatic but still excellent advice :) Eliot Spitzer said it better, 2006, pre getting b

Re: Console: Laptop vs backlight-off problem

2010-05-21 Thread groups, freeman
Cool, thx for that find! I've played a bit, at first it was looking hopeless, after logging in I'd get backlight=off and dead tty - couldn't even reboot since that would cause full hang (though I could login via ssh, until I hung it via reboot that is). Discovered that a 'stty rows 50 cols 1

Re: Console: Laptop vs backlight-off problem

2010-05-20 Thread groups, freeman
Camaleón wrote: Have your checked "/etc/console-tools/config" file? Yeah, seems to behave identically as setterm does - works for changing screen_blank timeout but I had no success with setting anything that would cause the backlight to extinguish : ( Thx tho! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Console: Laptop vs backlight-off problem

2010-05-20 Thread groups, freeman
Howdy, I have a Debian Lenny system in console-only mode (no X, etc) running on a Toshiba Tecra S1. I'd like the LCD backlight to turn off after a period of inactivity but can't seem to make it happen. I've tried via setterm (e.g. 'setterm -blank 1 -powersave powerdown -powerdown 2') and the