Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 07:38:29 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: [LIBRETTO] Re: Nuts and bolts of impoving LCD brightness
>Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 02:46:10 +0000 >From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIBRETTO] Re: Nuts and bolts of impoving LCD brightness > >>From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: [LIBRETTO] Re: Nuts and bolts of impoving LCD brightness >> >>No, I think you might find it easiest to physically remove the >>wires...though there may be a bios call that kills the power - come to >>think of it, there must be... > >That probably should have read, "come to think of it, there SHOULD be..." >huh Neil! > Nah, I reckon there must be - the screen is controllable for brightness through a bios call and it can be turned right off - presumably by the same call. (which linux doesn't know about - when it blanks the screen it doesn't turn off the lamp). What I don't know is whether there are separate calls to control the brightness and 'offness' of the lamp, or whether power is killed to the screen in toto (as the lid switch does) Neil _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
