On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, nemesis2 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've installed Familiar liux 8.2 on my Jornada 720 and have had very few
> issues with the distribution, but I have a few questions that I can't seem
> to find answers to in the archives or anywhere else for that matter...
>
> It is possible to turn off the LCD back light while leaving the system
> running? There are times when I'll SSH into the Jornada to modify files,
> etc.,.. but I'm not using the actual display. Some like echo "off" >
> /proc/jornada/lcd would be nice... Something I could call in a bash
> script? I hate leaving the light on for hours when I'm not using the actual
> console. Turning off contrast and brightness doesn't seem to disable the
> back light itself... (I'm running the latest 2.3.34 kernel)
I think, this happens only when you have AC connected. This is "normal"
jornada behaviour. As the "suspend" is able to swith the display (and
power of PCMCIA) it should be possible to turn it off.. but don't know
how.
>
> And does anyone have a good key mapping for the ABA version (I guess this is
> the US version?)? I'm unable to use the ~, [, ], { or } keys. I've read
> that a such a key mapping exists in the 720degrees distribution but that
> website doesn't seem to exist anymore nor can I find a mirror site...
Whan Image are you using? Then one from lowlevel has a loadkeys command in
startup that loads the ABB map. Default kernel keymap is IMHO ABA.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -N2
>
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