Hello all,<br>This is somewhat on-topic, as this code can be used to test the smoothness of diming the backlight by editing SLP in the included code.<br>I originally wrote this as I'm planning on using an XO motherboard/screen as an alarm clock, and will have the brightness set via some fancy HR=$(date +%H) magic.<br>
<br>Questions and comments are appreciated.<br><br><CODE><br><br>FILE=/sys/class/backlight/dcon-bl/brightness<br>VAL=0<br>SLP=.1<br>while [ $VAL -lt 15 ]<br>do<br> echo $VAL > $FILE<br> echo $VAL<br>
VAL=`expr $VAL + 1`<br> sleep $SLP<br>done<br>while [ $VAL -gt 0 ]<br>do<br> echo $VAL > $FILE<br> echo $VAL<br> VAL=`expr $VAL - 1`<br> sleep $SLP<br>done<br>echo "done"<br>
<br><CODE /><br><br>Best,<br>-- <br>Ian Daniher<br>--<br>OLPC Support Volunteer<br>OLPCinci Repair Center Coordinator<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Jim Gettys <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jg@laptop.org">jg@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">How well we can do that isn't clear.<br>
<br>
We have 16 brightness levels, but we didn't think about making them<br>
logarithmic in response to correspond to the eye's behavior, so there<br>
are really fewer than that that are useful.<br>
<br>
Please experiment and see if it is helpful, of course...<br>
- Jim<br>
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On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 10:14 -0400, Eben Eliason wrote:<br>
> I could be talking nonsense, and perhaps this would consume more power<br>
> than it saves, but if you were able to slowly dim the backlight over<br>
> the course of a minute or so, instead of waiting a minute and then<br>
> dropping it suddenly, we could prevent the sudden change which causes<br>
> a break in concentration. (As long as the screen is bright enough to<br>
> be usable when dim, of course.)<br>
><br>
> - Eben<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Chris Ball <<a href="mailto:cjb@laptop.org">cjb@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Hi,<br>
> ><br>
> > > When running on battery with Energy Saver set to "Better Battery<br>
> > > Life" (which sets "Automatically reduce the brightness of the<br>
> > > display before display sleep") the backlight dims after 30 seconds.<br>
> > > On AC with the equivalent setting it's 2 minutes, 30 seconds. In<br>
> > > each case the dimming time seems to be 50% of the time until the<br>
> > > screen is turned off. 1 minute is the minimum time before display<br>
> > > sleep.<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks! I was hoping someone would have numbers. Our backlight dim<br>
> > currently happens fifty seconds after idleness starts, so we're<br>
> > definitely less aggressive than OS X already..<br>
> ><br>
> > - Chris.<br>
> > --<br>
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