The down side... The ViRGE chip controls the LCD, but I don't think it
has to control the backlight. I've got documentation for the ViRGE, but
no idea how to access the backlight if it isn't controlled by the ViRGE
Question- can you do output selection via the MX? I can manually shut
Question- can you do output selection via the MX?
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
In theory? Yes, some of our drivers even support options to specify
which output to use. Practically speaking, I don't personally have
access to a MX, nor the time presently to implement it. (I
Kenneth Crudup wrote:
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
Does 'xset dpms force off' turn off the backlight on that machine?
First thing I tried.
-Kenny
Does your laptop support apm in the BIOS at all?
Out of curiosity I've added code to turn off the LCD panel to my
Does 'xset dpms force off' turn off the backlight on that machine?
First thing I tried.
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
Does your laptop support apm in the BIOS at all?
Yeah, but this @#(^* laptop has no Backlight setting in the APM setup
like my other laptops did; I used to
Kenneth Crudup wrote:
Out of curiosity I've added code to turn off the LCD panel to my latest
driver version. I don't know if it will do anything for your
backlight. It also might not restore the screen after a suspend. If
you'd like to give it a shot let me know what happens.
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
Out of curiosity I've added code to turn off the LCD panel to my latest
driver version.
I don't know if it will do anything for your backlight.
*sigh*
Oh well, it was at least worth a try ...! Would xset dpms force off have
done it?
Kenneth Crudup wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
Out of curiosity I've added code to turn off the LCD panel to my latest
driver version.
I don't know if it will do anything for your backlight.
*sigh*
Oh well, it was at least worth a try ...!
?
Did you
Would xset dpms force off have [tested] it?
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
Oh, is that the command you used to test it? Yes, that would do it.
Did you verify the new module was loaded by checking the log file for
the new version?
Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer ...
The
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Kenneth Crudup wrote:
Would xset dpms force off have [tested] it?
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
Oh, is that the command you used to test it? Yes, that would do it.
Hah! Guess what?! I came back from doing some stuff in the house, and my
backlight was off!
On 5 Jan, Kenneth Crudup wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've lost track of which chip you are dealing with.
S3 Virge MX.
For the R128 chip I found that the DPMS only shuts down video output.
I'd expect that, but I was under the impression that there was code
On 4 Jan, Kenneth Crudup wrote:
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
Does 'xset dpms force off' turn off the backlight on that machine?
First thing I tried.
I've lost track of which chip you are dealing with. For the R128 chip I
found that the DPMS only shuts down video output.
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've lost track of which chip you are dealing with.
S3 Virge MX.
For the R128 chip I found that the DPMS only shuts down video output.
I'd expect that, but I was under the impression that there was code
specifically for the MX (an LCD-specific
Kenneth Crudup wrote:
The main reason I went with the 4.X series is 'cause I'd read on the 'net
that it has the ability to use APM (DPMS?) to darken laptop backlights,
but I haven't seen the ability to do this anywhere.
I've got a ProStar (AKA Sager/Kapok/Clevo/...) laptop with a
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
Does 'xset dpms force off' turn off the backlight on that machine?
First thing I tried.
-Kenny
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Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Washington, D.C.
Home1: PO Box 914 Silver Spring, MD 20910-0914
The main reason I went with the 4.X series is 'cause I'd read on the 'net
that it has the ability to use APM (DPMS?) to darken laptop backlights,
but I haven't seen the ability to do this anywhere.
I've got a ProStar (AKA Sager/Kapok/Clevo/...) laptop with a dumber BIOS
than my Transmonde, so
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