This is a bug in pgserver, it seems. The backlight timer uses the same code as the cursor hide timer, and I've noticed a similar problem with it.
On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 05:47:47PM +0100, Thierry Th?voz wrote: > Hello! > > I'm trying to bring our old backlight timeout back to life. > > To toggle the backlight, I'm launching pgserver with a specific option : > pgserver --timers.backlightoff=100 > (this should be a 10 sec timeout). > > Now, in the fbdev.c framebuffer file, I catch the driver messages : > - PGDM_BACKLIGHT=0 (turn off) > - PGDM_POWER=PG_POWER_FULL (turn on) > and I do an ioctl on the lowlevel framebuffer driver accordingly. > > Trouble is, when I start up pgserver : > 1. I immediately get a PGDM_BACKLIGHT event. Not even waiting for the > timeout to occur. > 2. I correctly get the PGDM_POWER events, but no more any PGDM_BACKLIGHT > timeout event, even after being idle for a loooong time. > > Is the backlight timeout not supported anymore? > Any idea before I dig further into the timers? > > I thanks you in advance! > Thierry > -- > Thierry Th?voz > Software Engineer > > SMARTDATA > PSE-B / EPFL > CH-1015 Lausanne > > http://www.smartdata.ch > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: +41(0) 21 693 84 98 > fax: +41(0) 21 693 84 91 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Pgui-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgui-devel -- Only you can prevent creeping featurism! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Pgui-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgui-devel
